IRC and Security

[Mark Eggers]

pmartin at uceng.UC.EDU (Paul Martin) writes:


>Sorry but IRC appears to be SOLELY used for entertainment.  This is a
>poor example of how to spend the students and taxpayers money.

I just had two requests for a multiparty talk facility.  One was from
the Biology department, and the other was from the campus newpaper.

Both are interested in keeping track of a conference interaction, and both
do not want to take notes / hold meetings.  The only thing that is scaring
them away is that it takes a moderately knowledgeable Unix person to install
and maintain.

Personally I think phone conferences are much more productive, but recording
sessions might be very useful.

/mde/