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errr its free #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 19th September 2008 19:58 GMT

Don't tell the dumbbois at CiscNo, but Jabber is open source protocol, they could have created their own client and integrated without capex.

Oi! Cisco, Jabber - No! #

By Neil Greatorex Posted Friday 19th September 2008 20:14 GMT

I ain't gettin on no jabber enabled cisco device, you crazy fools!

Eh? #

By Dan Posted Sunday 21st September 2008 09:42 GMT

Why didn't they just implement the XMPP protocol? Even if they wanted to extend the protocol with Cisco-specific stuff they could have done anyway without buying Jabber. Madness.

@err its free #

By prathlev Posted Sunday 21st September 2008 22:30 GMT

Developing your own Jabber client isn't free. It takes competent developers. Now they have some. And furthermore they are in a position to steer the development of the "official" Jabber protocol.

slight correction #

By Pheet Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 00:12 GMT

"The Jabber protocol acts as a bridge between the firm's own XML-based chat and proprietary Microsoft, AOL, and Yahoo IM clients "

No. There are plug-ins (oft 3. party) available for jabber servers (of which there are several flavours) referred to as gateways, which will bridge to other IM protocols (and other transports such as email).

There are _extensions_ to the core jabber protocol which define/advise on address translation (so for example fred@msn.com becomes fred%msn.com@msgateway.jabberhost.net ) and on service discovery of available gateways.

Bit more research needed, or least should have been better phrased IMO.

spokesman needs to be shot #

By Robert Ramsay Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 16:21 GMT

"Our intention is to be the interoperability benchmark in the collaboration space."

SHUT UP! SHUT UP! DIE!!!!!!!!!!

Owner #

By Mike Smith Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 17:59 GMT

WEBB owns 1/3 of Jabber. WEBB announced that shareholders will get .32/ share from the CISCO purchase. WEBB is trading at .25/ share today. There is a .07 profit on the table for your taking ladies and gentlemen.