[JDEV] Slashdot story, JER, READ THIS

[Thomas Charron]

> Hey tcharron, you'll be happy to know that you're referenced in the
> acknowledgements section of the latest XMPP docs...
> http://www.jabber.org/ietf/draft-ietf-xmpp-core-20.html
> Those early contributions are never forgotten. ;-)

  Hehe.  I am honored, but it certainly wan't a neccesity..

  It would have been more humerouse to have put the bots descriptions of
people next to them..   ;-)

> Well, there are people who believe a technology doesn't exist unless the
> IETF blesses it. To such people, SIMPLE predates XMPP because the SIMPLE
> WG started in 2001, whereas the XMPP WG started in 2002 -- even though
> the Jabber protocols of which XMPP is a formalization were defined
> mainly in 1999.

  Yes.  That's what I thought was humerouse.  I recall when we first saw
the SIMPLE stuff begin to emerge, and having many the converations about
it.  Timing wise, I believe that the 'original' core RFC for jabber
actually predates the SIMPLE RFC.  It was simply the establishment of
the WG.  Didn't they actually set up a WG for SIMPLE *when* they
submitted the RFC?

  Either way, the difference is moot.  I only chimed in becouse people
mentioned the interview itelf, and might appreciate some comic blast
from the past relief..  ;-)

  And now that I've reared my ugly head, I have to go start the 'tcharron
dissapear timer'.