Hello, Thank you both for the research. Indeed, it is likely not badly intended, but still it is confusing.
Maybe reaching out in a friendly manner would help to discuss and find a way to limit the confusion ? -- Mickaël Rémond ProcessOne Founder & CEO On 22 Jul 2025, at 11:12, Badri Sunderarajan wrote: > Quoting the relevant part from the transcript that Guus shared: > > Nicholas: Got it. The first thing I noticed about XMTP is the name, > which reminds me of SMTP. Is there a reason for the relationship? Is > it a reference, first of all? And if so, why? > > Matt Galligan: Yeah, it actually it's pretty spot on, but it goes > one nerdy level deeper, which is there was also another protocol > XMPP, sometimes referred to as the Jabber protocol. And when I was > trying to think through what to call this thing, the one thing that > stuck with me was that this was going to be a protocol where any > kind of communication could happen on whether it be email or push > notifications or DMs or whatnot. And so I did the very nerdy thing > of just what are other protocols named? You know, what can make > something feel immediately familiar, though you've never seen it > before? And so looking at SMTP and XMPP, I was like, well, here you > go. Here's two communication protocols. And I smashed them together. > Doesn't go much deeper than that. But, you know, the value being > like we've heard from a lot of folks that, you know, hey, I've never > heard of XMPP before, but I'm assuming that it has to do with > communication. So it serves a purpose for sure. > > I am now in agreement with Guus that the usage doesn't seem malicious. And > even if it were, taking an aggressive stance would be less likely to convince > them ;-) > > Having read more of the interview transcript, it's clear that the founder > (Matt Gallighan) has used XMPP before and knows what he is talking about. > There was also some thought (though minor) given to the naming, and it seems > to have been chosen as a nod of acknowledgement to XMPP (and SMTP) rather > than a rip-off. > > I'm still not entirely happy with the similarity personally, but I can live > with it, and I'm curious to hear what others have to say. > > ~Badri
