I use IM extensively at home and for keeping in touch with friends, business partners, and so on..  Haven’t really looked at jabber but am going to take a peek.  I use trillian for my current IM tool – works great!

IM in the Enterprise?. Phil Windley is talking about IM in the Enterprise and says something a bit stange: I’ve been wanting an enterprise IM tool for some time, but couldn’t justify the cost. Now, its part of Groupwise, so that helps the ROI… [Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]