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| Time: 03:44 EST/08:44 GMT | News Source: Associated Press | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
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The attractions of instant messaging (news - web sites) (IM) are obvious: The software knows when others are online, enabling employees to avoid engaging in time-consuming "phone tag." Analysts call IM "real-time e-mail." IM began as a teen tool for chat and became popular worldwide almost instantly. Currently, there are a number of free IM products available from well-known companies, such as AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger. But business use of IM has been comparatively slow to catch on, mainly because of security concerns. In the early days of IM's existence, corporate employees used it unofficially, with little or no security in place. | ||
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I was seriously thinking about writing one for MSNim, but there isn't a great plug-in framework for it. At least for .NET, that is. And besides, it won't be long before MS releases their own encryption anyhow.
I'm still not sure why everyone is comparing IM to email. Does anyone transfer files over IM? I would guess very few. The need for encryption is obvious, but I'm still not sure how big a virus threat it is. This post was edited by daz on Sunday, June 02, 2002 at 12:32. |
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