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July 29, 2007
Open source product review: Adium, the Mac-based instant messaging
Given all the great consumer-facing open source software available, I figured I'd try to evaluate and write reviews on those I use most often. Open source long ago stopped being about developers for other developers. Here's proof. Adium is quite simply the best instant messaging (IM) client available. Period. It has its flaws and is, in some ways, deficient compared to iChat, Apple's own IM client. But its strengths vastly outnumber its weaknesses. I've been using it for years. In some ways, it's very similar to Trillian on the Windows platform in that it allows you to combine nearly all of your IM services (Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Jabber, etc.) into one client. But Adium actually goes farther, and provides more. ...
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Posted by Greg at July 29, 2007 04:40 PM
