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Next iChat version to include Jabber support

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the behind-the-firewall dept.

SeaFox writes "A couple of stories about new features in the next version of Mac OS X have revealed that the new iChat 3.0 will include support for Jabber. With businesses able to host their own messaging servers behind the firewall and use it with Apple's included IM client, will this effect Jabber's overall share of the IM market?"

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  1. Makes sense... by rgraham · · Score: 5, Informative

    Seeing has how the next version of Server is going to have a built-in Jabber/iChat/XMPP server (scroll down to the "Your Very Own iChat and Blog Servers" section).

  2. Re:What we really need by leonmergen · · Score: 5, Informative
    GAIM ?

    http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

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  3. Re:What we really need by quigonn · · Score: 5, Informative

    gaim does what you want:
    - it's cross-plattform (Windows, OSX, Linux)
    - it supports server hosted friends list
    - it starts up quickly
    - it supports a lot of different protocols
    - it's free as in speech

    I, for one, run ICQ, Jabber and MSN with gaim, and had no problems with it so far.

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  4. jabber by minus_273 · · Score: 5, Informative

    i chat already uses jabber in the local im feature using rendezevous (sp?). that also removes the need for a central server since it uses rendezevous for discovery of other hosts.

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  5. This was annouced at WWDC 2004... by Xenex · · Score: 5, Informative
    And is mentioned on the Mac OS X Server 10.4 Tiger Preview page:
    New Services

    iChat Server. Host your own private and secure inside-the-firewall iChat server that uses your own namespace and works with both Tiger's iChat AV and popular Jabber clients available on Windows, Linux and PDAs.

    Additionally:
    Your Very Own iChat and Blog Servers

    You can now host your own iChat server. Instant Messaging serves as a vital means of communication for organizations of all sizes, so it's useful to deploy and run your own private and secure IM server. Based on the open source Jabber project, the new iChat server in Tiger Server lets your company protect its internal communications by defining its own namespace, and use SSL/TLS encryption to ensure privacy. The iChat server works with both the iChat client in Mac OS X Tiger and popular open source clients available for Windows, Linux and even PDAs.

    So, yes, we've known since WWDC that iChat will be able to speak to standard Jabber servers, mostly because Apple will be shipping a Jabber server with Tiger Server.

    There's a lot of cool stuff in Tiger Server, and that page is with checking out.
  6. Re:Are you kidding me ? by ratsnapple+tea · · Score: 5, Informative

    USB? IEEE 1394? 802.11? Touchpads on laptops? Quiet computing?

  7. Re:Maybe Apple can make the damn thing configurabl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Have you tried http://www.jabberdoc.org/?