<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am new to this Jabber world. I just been asked to develop and instant messenger software akin to Yahoo Messenger. However this yet to be named IM going to be used only within our organisation (not public IM).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since I have only 3 months to deliver this, so I need to know what is the easiest and quickest way to develop one. I am no C++ guru, so if possible I want to avoid that. I am thinking of doing it either in Delphi or C#, Java is out of the question since I do not want to force everyone to install JRE to use the IM.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brief Requirement:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Platform : Windows 98 or above (for client, the server may use either Windows or Linux)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Language : Preferably Delphi or C# (definitely not Java)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Timeframe : 3 months</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am browsing the jabber website and doing google search right now.., however if someone can give me some pointers or directions that would be nice.. :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rosdi.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>