On 09/29/2010 11:43 AM, Brad Knowles wrote:
Since part of the purpose of Facetime (and Apple's claim to be committed to turning it into a true open standard) is that it would give them a really strong weapon to use in their fight against the Microsoft/Google/Skype Hegemony, I think Apple's choice in this matter is pretty clear.
I wouldn't say that there is a single hegemony. Each company is trying to make their own hegemony. Apple included (as underscored by their choice to abandon JINGLE in favor of system that puts Apple in complete control.)
Except for Google, who's dominance plan appears to involve offering a superior user experience instead of controlling the competition.
I'm wary of Google, but they actually have delivered a solution that works. I can make a voice call to the gmail web client from Pidgin on my Linux computer while logged in to my local XMPP service. And, I can make calls to other users on any federated XMPP service. I can do that today.
Jesse
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