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Jabber Could Get An IETF Working Group

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jabber-has-long-ruled-the-world dept.

21mhz writes: "There is a story on CNET news that provides an analysis of what is happening with SIP/SIMPLE, AOL protocols and Jabber/XMPP in the IETF. It says that Jabber is close to securing a dedicated IETF working group, in spite of political struggle and corporate maneuvering."

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  1. jmrjmrjmr == Troll by FreeLinux · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    See here. Admittedly a pleasant troll but, a rose by any other name....

  2. So what does this mean? by blixel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, in part it means programs like Trillian would no longer be needed (sort of) because because any messenger that was compliant with the standard would be able to communicate with any other messenger. The number of messenger clients to choose from would be limitless. People would make as many messengers as people make skins for WinAmp. Some would be really good and popular, others would basically suck. The problem with this will likely be that large companies who hate competition (I wont mention names) will try to squash out the standard by creating their own non-standard standard and then patching their Operating System so the real industry standard is incompatible.