Alan, If I am not mistaken xmpp = Jabber. That is were it came from.
On 9/19/2010 1:09 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 19:23 on Sunday 19 September 2010, piccardi > did opine thusly: > >> Perhaps my experience is quite limited, but I'm not convinced at all by >> the topic of messaging services. All my customers are using messaging >> services only from the client side. I never got a request for >> installation or maintenance of a messaging server. So at least this >> argument seems to me quite marginal. I also do not see any usefullness >> (in term of managing these services) for a detailed knowledge of the >> XMPP protocol. > > Agreed. > > I work for a Tier 1 ISP in my country. You'd think I'd be a prime candidate > for XMPP server knowledge, or that my users - high-level engineers and > sysadmins - would be clamouring for me to provide this service. Or that the > customers would be. > > Not so. > > We have an internal Jabber server but the vast majority of users use Skype, > MSN or GTalk. The Jabber server is there for when engineers report network > outages to the Help Desk and a log is needed that they did so. > > Employees of Skype, MSN and Google need to know this stuff but that seems to > be where it ends. The topic is likely not useful for a 305 exam out there in > the wild. > > -- 73 and 75 Gregg AB9MZ Gregory D. Rosenberg RICIS, Inc. Chief Technology Officer 8018 Mallow Drive gr...@ricis.com Tinley Park, IL 60477-2697 www.ricis.com United States +1 708-444-2690 Voice +1 866-742-4777 Voice (US and Canada) +1 708-444-2697 Fax +1 708-267-6664 Cell (Best) "When you love the work you do, you will never work a day in your life." Support anti-Spam legislation. Join the fight at www.cauce.org NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain legally privileged and confidential information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and please delete it from your computer.
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