> >> To come back at Sander's point, I don't think we can blame client's >> developers indeed but rather we should wonder why Facebook has dropped >> their own technology like that? > I highly doubt they are dropping their technology, the web based chat > will im sure stay, just like google has the web based gtalk inside of > gmail, they are just adding an XMPP interface to their chat app.
If they do, I wonder how sustainable that would be. That would seem like a costly move. > >> Will they open their servers for instance and be part of an open >> federation? > That's one thing im wondering, my thought would be probably not given > how their friend function works (i.e. you need to be on facebook to link > friends, or whether they will add a whole you class of external friends > to handle federated friends. That's what I'm afraid of as well. Probably that they will also create their own extensions like Google does. That's always a risk with companies that claim using open standards... well to a certain extent. - Sylvain -- Sylvain Hellegouarch http://www.defuze.org
