On So, 2008-01-05 at 14:04 +0000, Samuel Penn wrote:
> To answer the question though, the judge of who to
include will be
> either the software authors, or the software packager
(so a Linux
> distribution or PC re-seller might want to include
servers run by
> them).
So the distributors will provide the list?
These are going to be quickly outdated...
> Yes, I agree. We're in the unfortunate situation that
the open
> protocol came along after the walled gardens had been
set up. People
> can just say email address, or web address, without
caring about the
> server implementation because SMTP and HTTP were open
before any of
> the big companies realised the importance of email or
the web and
> tried to create their own versions.
This is exactly opposite for SMTP.
It was created as a transport between many existing, local
e-mail
solutions. And is used in this role for this day. Ex. SMTP
as a
transport between Lotus Notes Mail deployments and Microsoft
Exchange
deployments (to name only two non-SMTP solutions).
XMPP is in a similar situation - the second role (after IM)
of XMPP
today is as a transport layer between systems (IM systems
and non-IM
systems). As Jeremie said, "It was _designed_ to be
interoperable".
I think, we will end up in the same situation.
The majority of IM will fly with RFC3921 with many other
technologies
(with roots in todays closed IM silos) connected with XMPP
gateways.
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/_./o__ Tomasz Sterna
(/^/(_^^' Xiaoka.com
._.(_.)_ XMPP: smoku xiaoka.com
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