Aaron Weiss reviews DBabble, a commercial chat/communications server that runs under Red Hat Linux, among other operating systems. He writes:
"Despite allegations that the Internet facilitates an asocial society, the fact remains that most
people use the Internet to yap -- whether in e-mail or instant messages or discussion forums.
This is not to say that yapping is a trivial thing; communication is vital to us all, and software
manufacturers crowd the field with their attempts to appeal to our communications needs."
"With DBabble, NetWin has tried to appeal to a variety of communications needs within one
integrated messaging center. With the DBabble server running on a compatible host system,
users who connect to the host can exchange instant messages, engage in one-on-one real-time
conversation, leave messages or attachments for each other, post to threaded discussion
forums, or join real-time chat rooms. The flexible system lets users participate through a
variety of channels: a Web-based interface supported by any recent JavaScript-enabled
browser, Usenet newsreaders, e-mail clients, and NetWin's own client software...."
"DBabble promises to unify many of an organization's communications needs. It meets that
promise -- to a point. Further polish and improved support documentation will add luster to
DBabble, but its core offering is available now, and it is sound and purposeful."
