As far as I know, the MSN service uses MSNP, a proprietary which really doesn't have anything to do with SIMPLE. The Live Communication Server (LCS) client uses a proprietary flavor of SIMPLE.
Hypothesis: the SIMPLE work wasn't complete in several areas, so MS had to roll its own protocol Evidence: packet traces show lots of SIMPLE packets with x-vnd-microsoft MIME types -- Joe Hildebrand > -----Original Message----- > From: Mattias Campe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:35 AM > To: Jabber software development list > Subject: Re: [jdev] Re: MSN: an open protocol? > > James Bunton wrote: > >>It states "an open protocol in MSN's case", but is MSN like > completely open? > >>I thought it was a closed protocol, or isn't it completely > closed? Or > >>did the author meant "an open protocol in Jabbers case". > > > <snip explanation/> > > > > Hope that clears it up for you.. > > Yes, thanks! Still a question: is MSNP10 based on the SIMPLE > "standard"? > I place standard between quotes, because I thought that that > specification isn't finished yet... > > > greetings, > Mattias Campe > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://jabberstudio.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://jabberstudio.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev
