Looking to Assess Pidgin

[Olga Howard]

Thank you! I appreciate your help!

I suspect my questions are seemingly stupid to someone on the inside.  
I'm not a developer so most of the website information is lost to me  
in terms of trying to understand if Pidgin fits the requirements  
stated. So you're right. I didn't download it. Not being a developer,  
me guessing on the answers is impossible.

Again, thanks for clarifying for me!

-Olga


On May 29, 2009, at 12:43 AM, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:

> On Thu, 28 May 2009, Olga Howard wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>> Can anyone tell me if Pidgin will support these requirements? I had  
>> a very difficult time assessing this from the website.
>
> Let me guess, you haven't actually spent time downloading and using  
> it, have you?
>
>> -The solution shall provide a .Net API (.Net Framework 2.0)
>
> Pidgin runs under linux (and thats its native platform), take a  
> guess at that one.
>
>> -The solution must be able to be hosted from a Microsoft Windows  
>> 2003/2008 server using Microsoft IIS Web Server version 6.0 or  
>> greater
>
> Pidgin's a client and works with many servers running many OSes.
>
>> -The solution shall support Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise  
>> Edition 64 bit (if database access is required).
>
> Pidgin's a client and does not need access to a database.
>
>> -The solution shall support Microsoft Active Directory for user/ 
>> group affiliation.
>
> Pidgin is a client.  This would be handled on the server.
>
>> -The solution shall support the ability to be ?re-skinned? or ? 
>> branded?
>
> It's open source, so in theory.  Can't say it will be EASY but it's  
> definitely possible to modify the source to change look and feel in  
> some manner.
>
>> -The solution shall provide the ability to be configured in a ? 
>> Highly Available? manner.
>
> It's a client.  It runs on the local machine, if you want high  
> availability in a client, get two machines.  I'd say a laptop and a  
> desktop.
>
>> -The solution provider shall provide support for the product.
>
> You're obviously reading from some kind of spec -- who's the provider?
>
>> -The solution shall support a minimum of the following web browsers  
>> and browser versions: Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0+,  
>> Netscape Navigator 7.1+ and Safari 1.2+.
>
> Pidgin isn't web based, but there's always Meebo :)
>
>> -The solution shall support N-tier architecture ? explicitly  
>> extracting the presentation layer from the data/business logic  
>> layer. (More specifically, the solution should not perform  
>> presentation layer activities within a sealed ?black box? DLL.)
>
> Ah, managerspeak.  Can you give an example of what this means?
>
>> -One to one chat ? no breaking out into groups-or setting can be  
>> turned off.
>
> I would guess this depends which protocol you're speaking, and what  
> server you're using for that protocol.
>
> -Dan Mahoney
>
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