[JDEV] Rich Text in Messages

[Todd Bradley]

>   As said prior, I'd estimate 5% power/memory increase.  In 
> the case of a
> 50k server box, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, very incorrectly, 
> that dollar
> amount directly corresponds to resources, A 2,500$ increase 
> in requirments.

Well, I could probably afford that, then.


> Anyone have any real statistics on what percent of 
> the IM traffic in
> the world uses rich text?
> 
>   No idea, and probrably not measurable.  But you have to 
> bear in mind that
> most IM systems *DO* use Rich Text.  Even if your not using the
> capabilities, it's using it.

Well, it's got to be measurable, though it may be that 
nobody actually measures it.  AOL's servers touch every 
message that flow through them.  It wouldn't be too tough 
for them to count which messages contain text formatting 
(bold, italics, etc.) while the messages are passing
through, at least for a subset of the messages.  I'd be
surprised if they haven't done such studies already.  If
I were at AOL, I would, as a way of better understanding
my customers.


> A client could even say it's only going to send it *IF IT 
> NEEDS TO*.

Now THAT would be very smart.


Todd.

ps.  Note that we've had this whole discussion without using
anything other than basic ASCII text.