IM

The lack of Instant Messaging (IM) interoperability has been a major roadblock for the creation of true end-to-end, provider-independent desktop and mobile IM applications. IM networks and services have been closed systems, closely guarded by their “owners”. But this may change now. IM convergence, a wish of mine for many years, may finally happen… Very … Read more

With MSN and Yahoo! partnering on IM, two closed systems now make one very large, but still closed, system of 275 million users. The main issue with IM has been 1) the lack of interoperability between IM providers and 2) how closed these systems have been… These restrictions have totally worked against the development community … Read more