Julian Missig wrote: > Julian Fitzell wrote: [...]
>> Well, I see their point to some degree. If you switch to linux from >> windows, you can't run all the same programs as you could before but >> you can find alternatives and conversion programs, etc. The point of >> instant messaging is to be able to communicate in real-time with your >> friends. From people who see Jabber as simply an instant messenger >> (or even those who see it first and foremost as an instant messenger), >> you can't justify switching to Jabber without still being able to talk >> to your friends - Jabber would be fundamentally failing at the task of >> instant messaging since you would no longer be able to talk to any of >> your friends. >> >> Add to that the fact that Jabber provides transports for the other >> systems and you can understand why people see it as a sometimes-flaky >> attempt to unite all the IM platforms. >> >> That said, obviously those of us who have switched to Jabber (and have >> evntually switched as many of our friends as possible) see that there >> are other advantages. But that is lost on someone who just needs to >> be able to talk to the 100 people they have on their Yahoo roster, or >> whatever. > > > Except that I could find you quite a few people who refuse to use Word > .doc files and all sorts of other proprietary formats, even when it > hinders the ability "to communicate . . . with your friends." -- They > find least common denominators or get their friends to use AbiWord for > Windows or something like that. Jabber does have least common > denominators -- you can use email or you can use the transports... there > *are* servers out there which run half-decent transports -- just try to > find one run by your circle of friends or something like that. Totally agree. My comments really only make sense when taken as an illustration of why a windows/linux metaphor for icq,etc/jabber isn't quite right. It's just a matter of viewpoint - and those who see Jabber as an IM program don't see it as meeting their needs as well as trillian, etc. > I think you're right when you say that Open Source advocates often see > Jabber as just an attempt to unify, not an attempt to replace. We need > to change that viewpoint. Also agreed. > Julian (the real one) Julian (the... ethereal one?) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beta4 Productions (http://www.beta4.com) _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
