[JDEV] FIMA

[Ulrich Staudinger]

Pete Chown wrote:
> 
> I heard on the grapevine that the Financial Services Instant Messaging
> Association -- FIMA -- had received presentations from different IM
> suppliers, including Jabber.
> 
> I'm now hearing contradictory stories; some people tell me that they are
> favouring SIP/SIMPLE, perhaps because of the recent story about Reuters
> and Microsoft.  Other people tell me that they are still open to Jabber-
> based instant messaging services.
> 
> Does anyone know the state of play on this?  It would be a shame if
> Jabber ends up losing out here, when it has been around for such a long
> time and SIMPLE is so new.
> 

I personally think jabber lacks some real advantages for financial
services or the similar over simple. Zion and me have already started
working on a jep for transmitting ebXML and EDI data via jabber. I hope
this brings jabber into an advantegous position. 

mfg,
ulrich