[JDEV] History and future of JOSL Jabber

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Several points:

1. The jabberd 1.4.2 code is not "discarded code from the commercial
server" (I assume you mean Jabber, Inc.'s Jabber Communications Platform).
The codebases are separate and distinct.

2. The jabberd 1.4.2 code is actively maintained. However, almost all
development is now proceeding on the 1.5 code in preparation for a 1.6
release. So the project is alive and well.

3. Development plans for the 1.5 code have been discussed on the jabberd
list (http://jabberd.jabberstudio.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jabberd)
and I know that jer and/or temas will be posting a more detailed roadmap
in the next week or two.

Hope that helps,

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
Jabber Software Foundation
http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.html

On Fri, 24 May 2002, Michael S. Coulman wrote:

> Esteemed colleagues,
> 
> I'm using the public domain Jabber server (1.4.2) as a back end for a
> messaging client.  The organization paying for the client has decided
> that a commercial Jabber license is too expensive.  Further, one of
> the corporate muckety-mucks says that the public domain server is
> largely garbage --discarded code from the commercial server that is
> not actively maintained.
> 
> Personally, I've used the server long enough to know this is not the
> case, but my experience alone is insufficient to counter the
> derogatory comments (above).
> 
> Can an authoritative source point me to resources concerning the past
> and future development plans for the public domain Jabber server,
> and/or provide commentary to counter the negative commentary (above)?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> -- 
> Mike
> 
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