[Dean's World] Aziz P: is world peace far behind?

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Posted by Aziz P:
is world peace far behind?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1152821167.shtml


   anyone remember having to use a special mail prefix for sending email
   to Compuserve or Prodigy users? If not, count your blessings. Though,
   if the evil forces opposing net neutrality have their way, we might
   yet see such abominations arise in our URLs...

   Well, instant messaging has been in that particular limbo for many
   years. Decades, in fact. Until today. A while back, Google announced
   total compatibility with the Jabber chat protocol; that finally set
   off enough alarm bells of fear at Miccrosoft and Yahoo to [1]set in
   motion the grand plan of cross-platform chat once and for all. And
   today, those plans [2]come to fruition.

   Behold - [3]cross-platform chat, on Yahoo Messenger and MSN.

References

   1. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051011-5419.html
   2. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060713-7255.html
   3. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jul06/07-12IMInteropPR.mspx