[JDEV] Jabber Advocacy

[Michael Brown]

> > IETF.  Can someone who understands the inner workings of the IETF give
> > us a short summary of what process we need to go though to get Jabber
> > listed as an Internet standard, and an honest estimate of our chances of
> > succeeding?
>
> We've tried this route twice and have several people involved in trying
> to make this work.
> http://www.jabber.org/ietf/

I realise this of course.  What I want to know, is our chance of success.

> > ISP's. The idea behind Jabber is that each ISP can offer an IM service
> > in the same way they now offer mail and news servers.  Does anyone know
> > of any ISP that is actually doing this?  Can we get some examples of how
> > popular it is?  Feedback from the customers?  Can anyone think of any
> > ways to encourage ISP's to offer a Jabber server other than writing
> > emails?  Can anyone provide an example email that we can send to our
> > local ISP's?
>
> Yes, there are several somewhat major ISPs which have adopted Jabber. I
> think the only way this will happen is if the actual customers of the
> ISP talk to them, not outsiders.

Of course, but our chances of convincing our ISP's is greater if we can
quote examples of peers or competitors that have successful implementations.
And also, for those of us who are in a position to, it would be nice to have
a list so that we could change to an ISP that offers what we want.

Michael
JID: zilch at jabber.com