Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:51:58PM -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
| I never understood the appeal of an IM, other than it tells you if
| someone's online. Email always seemed to be plenty fast enough, and a
| lot easier to deal with.
Emails are better for asynchronous communication. I write a lot,
perhaps covering multiple topics, then you write back sooner or later.
IM is real-time and is suited for synchronous communication.
Sometimes it is more convenient, and other times it isn't.
(FWIW UNIX had the first IM called 'talk', too bad I never see it used
anymore (in fact, I can't get it to work at school))
-D
--
A violent man entices his neighbor
and leads him down a path that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
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