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Is XMPP the 'Next Big Thing'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-sure-wouldn't-complain dept.

Open Standard Lover writes "XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) has been getting a lot of attention during the last month and it seems that the protocol is finally taking off as a general purpose glue to build distributed web applications. It has been covered that AOL was experimenting with an XMPP gateway for its instant messaging platform. XMPP has been designed since the beginning as an open technology for generalized XML routing. However, the idea of an XMPP application server is taking shape and getting supporters. A recent example shows that ejabberd XMPP server can be used to develop a distributed Twitter-like system."

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  1. buzzwords are my favorite by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    XMPP has been designed since the beginning as an open technology for generalized XML routing. However, the idea of an XMPP application server is taking shape and getting supporters. A recent example shows that ejabberd XMPP server can be used to develop a distributed Twitter-like system.

    Minus two points for not managing to cram the phrases "AJAX" or "Web 2.0" into this writeup.

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    1. Re:buzzwords are my favorite by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wash your mouth out with SOAP. Everything is a Web 2.0 technology.

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  2. Re:Am I too late... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "ex-em-pee-pee"?

  3. New Here by Chrisq · · Score: 3, Funny

    You should never let people know hen you don't understand an abbreviation. To impress the geeks you should express an opinon even if you don't understand what the hell TFA is going on about. Examples

    Could an ejabbered XMMP server really be said to be Twitter-like?

    I don't think that Twitter-like systems are the way to go here.

    That's really cool, we could really use a Twitter-like enjabered XMMP server here. It will revolutionise computing!

  4. PFTLOGCWCUWMUA by Skippyboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Please, for the love of god, can we come up with more useless acronyms?
    Ugh!

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