[asterisk-users] Cisco acquires Jabber
Wow - now this interesting http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/19/cisco-acquires-jabber-for-enterpris e-im/ I wonder what this means in the long run for the open development of this platform? Regards, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 (New York) +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney) http://www.Cognation.net http://www.Cognation.net/profile ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco acquires Jabber
I wonder what this means in the long run for the open development of this platform? Not a darn thing, unless Cisco screws around and makes an incompatible version of a jabber server and client that doesn't play according to the protocol. Microsoft Java, anybody? We'll see how long this list stays true: http://www.jabber.com/CE/JabberXCPInteroperabilityOptions Cisco didn't buy the protocol, and literally dozens of open-source projects that use the protocol in various ways are not affected by this. They bought one commercial implementation of a Jabber server (arguably multiple implementations). ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco acquires Jabber
No I know they just bought the company and not the protocol basically they bought engineering bums on seats. http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/cisco-acquires-jabber.html Cisco obviously didn't buy jabber.com engineers to implement a Cisco IM platform for their retail clients and that they must have something much bigger in mind. You could possible see different Cisco devices communicating with each other (or even using an api to communicate with other manufacturers devices) eg, you might have an XMPP api to 'discover' appliance functionality or to communicate status updates. Regards, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 (New York) +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney) http://www.Cognation.net http://www.Cognation.net/profile -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Backeberg Sent: Saturday, 20 September 2008 10:58 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco acquires Jabber I wonder what this means in the long run for the open development of this platform? Not a darn thing, unless Cisco screws around and makes an incompatible version of a jabber server and client that doesn't play according to the protocol. Microsoft Java, anybody? We'll see how long this list stays true: http://www.jabber.com/CE/JabberXCPInteroperabilityOptions Cisco didn't buy the protocol, and literally dozens of open-source projects that use the protocol in various ways are not affected by this. They bought one commercial implementation of a Jabber server (arguably multiple implementations). ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco acquires Jabber
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:18:42PM -0400, Dean Collins wrote: No I know they just bought the company and not the protocol basically they bought engineering bums on seats. [1]http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/cisco-acquires-jabber.ht ml Cisco obviously didn't buy jabber.com engineers to implement a Cisco IM platform for their retail clients and that they must have something much bigger in mind. You could possible see different Cisco devices communicating with each other (or even using an api to communicate with other manufacturers devices) eg, you might have an XMPP api to 'discover' appliance functionality or to communicate status updates. Jabber.com are in some big US gov departments, these are probably just the bodies Cisco want to get into with their UM systems. Making Cisco's UM based on Jabber and buying the expertise probably is a wise move for them. Also gives them interoperability with other systems ... Then move it down into the SME market as Linksys appliance. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44 7775 755503 UK +44 20 7993 2612 / US +1 310 857 7715 / Fax +44 20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco acquires Jabber
Cisco obviously didn't buy jabber.com engineers to implement a Cisco IM platform for their retail clients and that they must have something much bigger in mind. Dean, I'm right there with you. My money is on them using it as the first step in a larger strategy to provide a framework for applications to run on network without needing an operating system. Think Amazon Elastic Cloud (with P2P and presence built in) but for applications. On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No I know they just bought the company and not the protocol basically they bought engineering bums on seats. http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/cisco-acquires-jabber.html Cisco obviously didn't buy jabber.com engineers to implement a Cisco IM platform for their retail clients and that they must have something much bigger in mind. You could possible see different Cisco devices communicating with each other (or even using an api to communicate with other manufacturers devices) eg, you might have an XMPP api to 'discover' appliance functionality or to communicate status updates. Regards, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 (New York) +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney) http://www.Cognation.net http://www.cognation.net/profile -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Backeberg Sent: Saturday, 20 September 2008 10:58 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco acquires Jabber I wonder what this means in the long run for the open development of this platform? Not a darn thing, unless Cisco screws around and makes an incompatible version of a jabber server and client that doesn't play according to the protocol. Microsoft Java, anybody? We'll see how long this list stays true: http://www.jabber.com/CE/JabberXCPInteroperabilityOptions Cisco didn't buy the protocol, and literally dozens of open-source projects that use the protocol in various ways are not affected by this. They bought one commercial implementation of a Jabber server (arguably multiple implementations). ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Mitchel Constantin Weavver. Your voice, just better. Business Development: +1-714-726-8071 XMPP: mitchel.at.weavver.com ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
