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Google Talk Claims Openness, Lacks S2S Support

Posted by Hemos on from the unhappiness-in-the-joy dept.

rm writes "This LiveJournal entry by Nugget quite well sums up the disappointment in Google Talk among many Jabber users, caused by the service's complete lack of XMPP server-to-server communication support: '...Google has uncharacteristically missed the real strength of the Jabber design. Despite all their self-congratulation about open communications they've only embraced the smaller, less important aspect of the Jabber openness.'"

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  1. It's still beta... by bogaboga · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes, Google talk is still a beta release. Implementing S2S is a no brainer for Google programmers. I am sure we'll have it the moment we are out of beta. The problem is Google software never seems to leave the beta stage...or takes a looong time to leave the beta stage to put it another way.

    1. Re:It's still beta... by tgrimley · · Score: 0, Redundant

      This may be obvious to some.. but is there any Google software that's not beta anymore?

  2. Umm... by jaycontonio · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is the first release and is still a beta system. Why don't people keep their complaints for the final version?