David Woolley spake unto us the following wisdom: > Pidgin is basically a client, and needs a server. Most people > running private IM services use XMPP based servers. You will either > have to nominate one of the user PCs to run the server, or you will > need a dedicated machine. I can't imagine that you need a very > powerful machine. My guess is that a 20 year old desktop will have > enough CPU power, although you may need to upgrade to 10 year old > for memory, as most may be designed for a bloated environment. > > I can't rule out the possibility of a Pidgin plugin that operates as > a fully distributed IM service implementation, but I can say it must > be pretty uncommon to use it.
Bonjour is a fully distributed IM protocol, which is extremely common. I believe it solves the problem at hand. Ethan
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