There has been much speculation as to the origins of the religious endonym from this practice. Judah Segal (1963) argued that the term SÄbi'Å«n derives from the Syriac root s-b-' , referring to conversion through submersion.
Advantages & Disadvantages of Instant Messaging in Business. Instant messaging can help or hurt your business. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images. Instant messaging allows people to use Internet chat conversations to relay information back and forth in real time. It is often used as a social networking tool, but many companies also use instant messaging as part of their daily business routine.
Discover how your business can benefit from the power of instant messaging. Instant Messaging, a way of chatting to online 'buddies' in real time, really took off in the mid 1990's, spearheaded by the likes of AOL's Instant Messenger or AIM, swiftly followed by Microsoft's MSN Messenger.