hi all....

i am looking for some type of self hosted messenger service that would allow me to "talk" across my LAN...

i have found things that would work perfect if only they were FREEWARE
also it neeeds to be mac/windows compatible

similar things i have found:
http://lan-chat.srimax.com/ (works great!)
http://www.glassbead.com/snaptalk/index.shtml