[jadmin] Hi, some simple questions, hopefully.

[s.devrieze at pandora.be]

>I'm not entirely sure where to start, to be honest.  I presume we'd need a
>Jabber Server of some kind, however, all I can find are public-use ones -
>I'd like to install one internally so it's for internal use only.
>To help matters along, I have NO budget for this, it's just something that
>if I can, I would like to implement for my users.
> 
>My questions are:
> 
>What server software do I need?  (I can implement any Windows Server, but am
>not familiar with Linux unfortunately).

You can try ejabberd, Wildfire, or some commercial servers that are free when you only use it for 5 people or something like that.

>What Client software would I need?  (All clients are running Win XP).

You can try Coccinella:
http://hem.fyristorg.com/matben/

Some advantages:
* multiplatform (so you are not bound to a specific operating system)
* whiteboard
* multi-user chat support
* phoning support in next version, which will be released soon (Jingle, IAX)