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Google, Jabber, and Jingle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the happy-holidays dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Jabber has published the experimental draft Jingle specs, which extend XMPP for use in voice over IP (VoIP), video, and other peer-to-peer multimedia sessions. Google released an open-source library called 'Libjingle' on SourceForge. Libjingle is a set of components provided by Google that let your programs interoperate with Google Talk's peer-to-peer and voice calling capabilities. The package includes source code for Google's implementation of Jingle and Jingle-Audio."

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  1. I'm not interested... by Schraegstrichpunkt · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... until they implement server-to-server communication.

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    1. Re:I'm not interested... by ZuperDee · · Score: 1, Troll

      So please, next time Google (or $BIG_COMPANY) gives the open source world a donation and a piece of code it's been needing for a while now, take it as a gift, and try not to be so critical about it. Thanks.

      I wonder if you'd be saying the same thing (LET ALONE getting modded up to +5 Insightful, for that matter) if that $BIG_COMPANY was Microsoft instead of Google. Don't get me wrong--I hate Microsoft with a passion, and I am NOT trying to support them here. I'm merely trying to point out the obvious hypocrisy of people here on Slashdot, and how it seems like no matter what Google does, Google can do no wrong as far as Slashdotties are concerned, whereas if it were MICROSOFT that did something like this, you can bet people here would be viewing such a move with great suspicion and cynicism, to say the least.

      In the end, the ONLY question that matters is: is Google doing a good job of meeting users' needs with their technology? Google Talk is a GREAT product, but one simply CANNOT debate the fact that it remains to be seen if Google Talk can truly topple any of the Big 3 IM systems (AIM, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo), which are already well established and well entrenched.

      Sure, it's all very well to say "oh, but Google Talk is wonderful, because it's based on OPEN SOURCE and OPEN STANDARDS, JUST LIKE EMAIL IS!!!" Try telling that to your non-geek friends. Personally, I am finding it VERY difficult to try to convince all my friends to communicate with me using Google Talk as opposed to anything else, using arguments like "Oh, but Google Talk is based on the open XMPP protocol, unlike what you're using!" Trust me, arguments like that generally do not win the hearts and minds of the average person. Generally, the average user only cares about practical things like: Is it easy to use? Can I talk to MY friends and people I know with it? Does it support features I care about, like Voice, or using Webcams?

  2. Another voip protocol? by vstanescu · · Score: 1, Troll

    I don't see this as a good thing. There are already too many signalling protocols for voip. Another protocol just makes everything more messy.