Presence and IntComm WG

[Steve Blair <>]

Ben Teitelbaum wrote:

> 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;
>
>  
Really? This would seem to pull PIC back into the social context 
conversation. I would think
the key is user settable presence. For example if a users wants such 
off-line presence they
could enable it but it would be off by default. Am I missing the big 
picture on this one?

Thanks,Steve

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

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