IM VoIP, the Next Big Thing, Draws Nearer

IM VoIP, the Next Big Thing, Draws Nearer

"There’s a lot of back and forth in this story about the internal plumbing of instant messaging VoIP services. The issue is which systems are “open.” This is an important topic because such systems enable designers to create services in which users of one service can reach subscribers of another.
A Google Talk executive claims its Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) standard — also known as Jabber — is a truly open platform. Jabber, the piece points out, underpins IM VoIP systems from iChat and Trillian."