[Debtags-devel] Debtags use case

[Erich Schubert]

Hi,
> * IRC is more aimed at group conversation, while IM is more aimed at
> one-to-one conversation.

IRC has a special part named DCC - direct client-to-client - for
one-to-one stuff.
Oh, and my irc application also has windows for one-to-one talks with
the "pure" IRC protocol.
My "IM" client, gaim, has IRC support, too.
And both MSN and Jabber (at least) have group conversations. You can
even blog using jabber...

> * IRC nickname is not a fixed reference point (NickServ
> notwithstanding), but IM ID usually is. For example, ICQ number is an
> identity.

You already gave the counterexample - nickserv. And it's not a bug,
it's a feature. ;-)

> * IRC doesn't have buddy list. IM does.

They have something more useful: channels. What would be a buddy group
for me is now a channel. I see who is online, but I don't even have to
add them one-by-one...

> * IRC have channels, with topic, op, etc. IM doesn't.

MSN and Jabber do.

Oh, btw:
- ICQ supports offline messages, just like email. MSN doesn't. IRC
only with MsgServ.
So maybe IRC and MSN have more in common, just as ICQ and email?

best regards,
Erich Schubert
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