[JDEV] Thoughts on AOL

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Temporary problem with some network config or somesuch this morning.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Riyaad Miller wrote:

> Hi all....
> 
> Is there like any particular reason http://www.jabber.com should be dead?
> 
> Does this site still exist or is it merely a temp prob?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dlb [mailto:civintel at home.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:10 PM
> To: jdev at jabber.org
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] Thoughts on AOL
> 
> 
> One thing to consider regarding AOL is that they'll have to adopt some
> measure of interoperability, either standards based or w/ specific competing
> services , prior to launching IM enhanced  broadband  applications within
> cable regions covered by the AOL - Time Warner consent decree.
> 
> I think that this argues for a focus on the continued development of Jabber
> in its role as a user /resource aware XML messaging & routing architecture.
> The fundamental extensibility of Jabber along with the work being done w/
> XML-RPC and SOAP , and the design concepts being implemented w/ Jabber2 have
> the potential to establish Jabber as the platform of choice for precisely
> these sorts of applications.
> 
> I don't see any way of overcoming the network effects supporting the
> existing AOL service - you're never going to get a significant number of AOL
> IM users to adopt Jabber and AOL won't allow interop until they're forced
> to.  One strategy that I think could work would be to position Jabber as a
> competitor in the area of IM enhanced broadband apps and to deploy
> applications and services within systems covered by the consent decree. AOL
> isn't going to want a rival technology to gain a significant foothold in
> this area and would eventually forward an interop proposal simply to enable
> them to introduce rival applications.
> 
> preliminary work in this area could include :
> 
> Developing  OCAP (OpenCable Applications Platform) compatible jabber
> components.
> 
> Developing ATVEF based clients for Liberate / AOLTV - ATVEF is based on web
> dev. standards .
> 
> Promoting Jabber as a 'platform' for next generation BB and ITV apps.
> 
> if anyone else is interested in this area pls contact me
> 
> -David
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