On Mar 12, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > On 3/12/09 11:24 AM, Pedro Melo wrote: >> >> On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Justin Karneges wrote: >> >>> The big question of all is whether it is the job of jabber.org to >>> compete with >>> Skype. Aren't there others in this space already trying to do >>> that? If >>> jabber.org is truly competitive, and no longer a self-defeating >>> reference >>> service, is it still fair to use the "Jabber" name? Peter, you may >>> remember, >>> one of the options we discussed was to actually get rid of >>> jabber.org >>> entirely. ;-) >> >> I don't think its the role of jabber.org to compete direcly with >> Skype. >> >> But there are certain services that would make the network better >> (like a network of sock5 proxys, and all the NAT-busting stuff) that >> require some form of central coordination, and that fits perfectly >> for >> jabber.org. >> >> As for the IM service, I would keep it running and continue to accept >> new users as the "backup route for new jabber users": if they are not >> introduced to a more local jabber service then you can always have >> Jabber.org. > > Look, if we don't do it nobody will. Much as I like the folks who work > on services like Google Talk and Nimbuzz and SAPO (etc.), they need to > justify their services to people at their companies. That means they > try > to funnel users to their domains. It's not in their interest to run an > open infrastructure for IM / file transfer / voice / video. Whether we > call it "Jabber" or "FreeTalk" or something else doesn't matter. (I > rather like "FreeTalk", myself.) The point is that we have the > chance to > federate with all those other services but also offer something more > open.
I missed something. I think we are agreeing, right? I do agree that the IM service should continue. Best regards, -- Pedro Melo Blog: http://www.simplicidade.org/notes/ XMPP ID: [email protected] Use XMPP! _______________________________________________ JDev mailing list Forum: http://www.jabberforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=20 Info: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev Unsubscribe: [email protected] _______________________________________________
