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Wow, I never thought I would be adding the word Geekdinner to my vocabulary, but I guess there is a first time for everything. Fellow IBMer Ed Brill is organizing a Geekdinner next week, and in his own words:

For those who have not been, the term “geekdinner” is caringly applied to IT folks of all ilk, or even IT afficionados. In other words, you don’t really have to be a geek or a nerd to attend a geekdinner. It’s just an informal way for people who participate in an electronic community to get together in meatspace.

If your interested, read his post and let him know.

Over the year I would go every so often to Ed Brill’s blog and read up on the latest Lotus Notes developments. Now and again I’d read a post about the new Sametime coming up, version 7.5. So fast-forward in the story: I start at IBM last week, today I’m having some problems with the current Sametime, and a college recommends the alpha version of 7.5 (This is the last Alpha version, future releases begin as Beta).

Forget the fact that I am an IBM employee, speaking as a software enthusiast, Sametime 7.5 is very impressive. Its light years ahead of the current version of Sametime and seriously rivals the best IM clients on the market today. It has all the features you’d expect in an IM client including file transfers, voice, telephony, sending announcements, etc. From what I understand it’s also extendable with plug-ins.

It’s obvious that there is a market for IM clients in the workplace, and I wouldn’t be surprised if more and more companies are becoming weary of trusting the security of Microsoft or MSN with sensitive information.