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AIM Google Talk Federation now live

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Re: AIM Google Talk Federation now live

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Post by emilhajric »

Nice to see AOL and Google collaborating on something sweet. I've been using the AIM feature on Gtalk and always wondered ... Why did Google just stop at AOL? MSN, Skype, etc (all of which who are huge).

Maybe just a thing of keeping it simple? But again, it rises the question WHY AOL ?

Re: AIM Google Talk Federation now live

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Post by jrmg »

emilhajric wrote: post #2

Nice to see AOL and Google collaborating on something sweet. I've been using the AIM feature on Gtalk and always wondered ... Why did Google just stop at AOL? MSN, Skype, etc (all of which who are huge). Maybe just a thing of keeping it simple? But again, it rises the question WHY AOL ?

The other party has to be willing to work with Google too.

Re: AIM Google Talk Federation now live

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Post by jonknee »

emilhajric wrote: post #2

Nice to see AOL and Google collaborating on something sweet. I've been using the AIM feature on Gtalk and always wondered ... Why did Google just stop at AOL? MSN, Skype, etc (all of which who are huge). Maybe just a thing of keeping it simple? But again, it rises the question WHY AOL ?

Who's to say it was Google who stopped? Skype actively prevents anyone else from making a client and I can easily see MS not wanting to play along with Google.

Re: AIM Google Talk Federation now live

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Post by emilhajric »

jrmg wrote: post #3
emilhajric wrote: post #2

Nice to see AOL and Google collaborating on something sweet. I've been using the AIM feature on Gtalk and always wondered ... Why did Google just stop at AOL? MSN, Skype, etc (all of which who are huge). Maybe just a thing of keeping it simple? But again, it rises the question WHY AOL ?

The other party has to be willing to work with Google too.

Definitely agree with you. However, working with Google would allow for a (potentially) larger market share -- unless they seem them as a threat.

Re: AIM Google Talk Federation now live

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Post by emilhajric »

jonknee wrote: post #4
emilhajric wrote: post #2

Nice to see AOL and Google collaborating on something sweet. I've been using the AIM feature on Gtalk and always wondered ... Why did Google just stop at AOL? MSN, Skype, etc (all of which who are huge). Maybe just a thing of keeping it simple? But again, it rises the question WHY AOL ?

Who's to say it was Google who stopped? Skype actively prevents anyone else from making a client and I can easily see MS not wanting to play along with Google.

Definitely. Who knows, that might urge Google to introduce Group Video conferencing...which I personally think would be a great idea for Google.

Re: AIM Google Talk Federation now live

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Post by guruz »

jonknee wrote: post #4
emilhajric wrote: post #2

Nice to see AOL and Google collaborating on something sweet. I've been using the AIM feature on Gtalk and always wondered ... Why did Google just stop at AOL? MSN, Skype, etc (all of which who are huge). Maybe just a thing of keeping it simple? But again, it rises the question WHY AOL ?

Who's to say it was Google who stopped? Skype actively prevents anyone else from making a client and I can easily see MS not wanting to play along with Google.

How do the mobile/web/desktop clients work that do support Skype? I know for the desktop there is an API which needs to the official client running on the same computer.

Re: AIM Google Talk Federation now live

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Post by gst »

I don't know if this is related, but the SRV record _xmpp-server._tcp.aol.com resolves to xmpp.gxmpp.oscar.aol.com.

Might it be possible that AIM will also federate with other XMPP servers?

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