Peggy... I'm guessing it's not intentional, but you really sound kinda rude. On top of that I think you're also wrong in two ways, at least at far as I can tell...
First, anything that helps keep the SL community together is a plus... cause sometimes you either cant, or dont want to use the full client but DO want to talk to people you know in world.
And second... check out: http://www.slitechat.org/
seems like *eactly* what they want, and it's been around since well before you're post.