Why Use Rendezvous Instead of AIM?
You might be thinking, “I’m already using AIM, MSN, or Yahoo, why should I care about Rendezvous?” Well, a couple of reasons come to mind. First of all, Rendezvous is pure peer-to-peer communication; AIM is not. You don’t need that big AIM server off in the cloud somewhere to enable (or disable as so often happens) your communication. In the business environment, your system administrator should feel a lot better about you communicating with your co-workers on a local, secure network, as opposed to going outside the firewall then back in. Second, Rendezvous is fast. The lightning speed of the exchanges is a relief compared to the sluggish conversations we’ve all experienced with AIM.
