free customizable chat programs?

[Scarpozzi]

I just got a new office here at work...along with my coworkers. The problem is that we can't be as loud as we used to because there are a lot of quiet types around here. What I'm looking for is a server application that will allow us to communicate within the department. I want to keep it in-house so we can setup a chatroom that we all can be in to coordinate what we're doing rather than sending Emails all the time.

Does anyone know of a good application for this that's open source? I can run the server app on either SuSE Linux, Netware, or Windows 2000/2003 Server. Thanks-

 

[theAnimal]

Gaim w/Jabber protocol

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: theAnimal
Gaim w/Jabber protocol

:thumbsup:

 

[jamesbond007]

GoogleTalk uses the Jabber protocol...nice, clean GUI so you should be set from there. GAIM is great, too.

 

[jwcooper]

Originally posted by: theAnimal
Gaim w/Jabber protocol

Does GAIM have a chatroom function?

What about setting up a voice chat setup. Set up a private Ventrilo server. You could have conversations pretty easily (and quietly) if you wore headsets.

 

[ShadowBlade]

or trillian w/ rendezvous, cant remember if rendezvous is part of the free version though

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