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curlepon We’re not like Yammer or Chatter, and we don’t want to be

Our inspiration definitely came from IRC, but the learning curve is just too sharp for most employees. If you can dedicate resources to teaching the sales team how to connect to your server and DCC files, that's great. I'd rather have them drag-and-drop with HipChat.

curlepon We’re not like Yammer or Chatter, and we don’t want to be

I think you mean 37Signals Campfire. Basecamp is their project management tool. We're working on XMPP support but it doesn't make group chat easy (or pretty). It's even more complicated when you're trying to get companies of 60+ people set up.

curlepon We’re not like Yammer or Chatter, and we don’t want to be

Except we actually do group chat well. We designed it specifically for companies and teams.