Exodus is an open-sourceinstant messenging (IM) client developed by Peter Millard and written in Borland Delphi that can connect to Jabber servers and exchange messages with other Jabber users. Currently, binaries are only available for Microsoft Windows. Exodus was designed as the official successor of the Winjab client, as Winjab was a personal project that was becoming too difficult to maintain. Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... An instant messenger is a computer application which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network such as the Internet. ... Delphi is a programming language and software development environment. ... Jabber is an open, XML-based protocol for instant messaging and presence. ... Microsoft Windows is a range of commercial operating environments for personal computers. ...
The aims of the Exodus project include:
Making the best possible Windows Jabber client that all types of users find "usable," working equally well in both the conventional IM graphical user interface and in a "tabbed" mode;
Creating a Jabber library that will be Delphi native and therefore compilable under Kylix for Linux;
Making the code more maintainable than its predecessor; and
Building a plug-in system that allows developers to expand the client.
A graphical user interface (or GUI, pronounced gooey) is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text. ... In graphical user interfaces in computer applications, a tabbed document interface (TDI) is one that relies on tabbed panes to hold child windows. ... Kylix may mean: Kylix (drinking cup), a type of drinking cup used in ancient Greece Kylix programming tool This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Tux, a lovable and cuddly penguin sitting down after having gorged itself on herring, is the official Linux mascot. ... A plugin (or plug-in) is a computer program that can, or must, interact with another program to provide a certain, usually very specific, function. ...
The following is a list of instant messengers. ... The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of instant messengers. ...
Exodus Communications Inc. engineers are trying to figure out why backup generators didn't kick in during a power outage at the Web hosting firm's Sunnyvale, California, Internet data center on Monday.
In a statement, Exodus said each of its 42 data centers worldwide is equipped with uninterruptible power supply systems and backup diesel generators to sustain operations during a power outage.
"Exodus engineers are performing a root-cause analysis to determine why the Internet data center operations did not roll over to the backup generators and to prevent such occurrences in the future," the company said.
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