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Purpose:
There are several commercially available IM/chat systems available that would require nearly zero maintenence, because the servers are maintined by AOL, Microsoft, or the like. However, there's several reasons to implement a separate MIT service.
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Current work focuses on rolling out a new XMPP server, on a codebase under active development to facilitate incorporation of new features and inclusion of our own modifications upstream. Expected handoff to operations in mid-July, 2007.
Several disparate features are under consideration for future development, and will be rolled out as resources and community interest dictate.