[JDEV] Any license for Transports?

Thomas Charron tcharron at ductape.net
Thu Dec 23 13:58:25 CST 1999


Quoting Wes Meltzer <steelywes at hfs.dhs.org>:
> If AOL chooses to close its TOC server, there's absolutely nothing
> we can do but wait for this new messaging standard that supposedly is being
> worked towards by, among others, AOL and Microsoft. We'll just have to keep
> our
> general attention kind of focused in that arena, since Mirabilis' protocol
> (and
> obviously IRC, the other big transport everyone seems to want for Jabber,
> not
> being subjected to the whims of a company per se) doesn't look to be in as
> much
> danger...

  I'd bet a few bucks on the fact that AIM and ICQ will soon share a common 
protocol behind the scenes, so don't place to much faith on the ICQ protocol 
being as open as it currently is, unfortionatly..

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Thomas Charron
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