I still think we're spending way too much time discussing things in the context of SMS. We understand the limitations of the protocol and we're not going to be changing the underlying protocol so what more is there to talk about it?
I'm not saying to ignore SMS - let's just stop trying to use all our brain cells for fitting a square peg into a round hole. So messages over SMS should be broken apart or truncated. Users can choose to send less than 140 character messages, but there is no point is limiting messaging platforms for that or spending inordinate amounts of time coming up with solutions for identification within that limit. Accept it and move on. I vote we close this thread unless parties wish to continue talking about the economic benefits of SMS to the telco companies :-) OR If people want to continue talking about how to handle namespace conflicts and replies within the SMS world - add that to the subject :-) On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 3:12 AM, Jean-Marc Liotier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also sprach Henry H [Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 01:32:25PM -0500] : > > I'm of the opinion that all devices will come with IM clients > > supporting XMPP with always on Internet connectivity so collectively > > we're spending WAY too much time discussion solutions in the SMS > > constraint of 140 bytes. > > Technically, I agree wholeheartedly. From a business point of view, I > work with operators and I they looove the ludicruous margins they make > on SMS, so even though in the age of ubiquitous GPRS, UMTS, Wifi and > Wimax they will still appreciate an infrastructure that encourages SMS > use even though it is an usability disaster. I would be in favor of > letting SMS service providers fend for themselves with whatever hack > they can come with to bridge SMS to the IM world, but if for strategic > business reason we need the specification to be mobile operator > friendly, thinking about SMS is not a bad idea. IMS is just now > beginning to take mindshare, and deployments will take years at least - > so for now we still have to accomodate the telco world. >
