Presence and IntComm WG

[Ben Teitelbaum <>]

Candace Holman 
<>
 writes:

> In anticipation of this week's conference call, Ben and I have been
> discussing some of the advantages of using a presence agent over using
> peer to peer communication.  I question some of the advantages that I
> came up, so please comment on this list.  Also, please add to this
> list if you know of additional advantages.

Candace,

This is a great list.  I might add:

7. Off-line presence (i.e in the absence of any PUAs); for example, a
   PA might report when a user was last seen;

I'd be really interested to know which advantages of a PA, PIC WG
members feel are most important.  

-- ben

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