[JDEV] AT&T beating us to the punch..

[Isotope2k at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/9/99 11:47:11 AM US Eastern Standard Time, 
ebowersox at corp.webb.net writes:

> Makes me wonder if a Jabber AIM transport is really a good idea, or if it's
>  just an exercise in futility, as AOL seems determined to throw monkey
>  wrenches into the works of anyone trying to interoperate with them...

I'd say it really depends on how they are blocking the connections.
If they are doing it based on the IP address of the servers- well, tech
savvy AOLers can host servers too. :)  Furthermore, as more and more
people add Jabber to their various offerings (it will happen, Jabber is
a strong technology), you will see the widespread adoption of an
open standard, making AIM the odd man out.  

When Jabber is done, I don't imagine that the IETF standard will be
too far behind.  Most of the major IM vendors are purported
to claim that they will support that standard, as will Jabber.  That makes
much of these actions a moot point.

Christopher Atkins