I think Jabber has had a reasonable success in a very closed space. First there was ICQ, Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL, etc. And now it seems that you can ta

I think Jabber has had a reasonable success in a very closed space. First there was ICQ, Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL, etc. And now it seems that you can talk to anybody in any network. And jabber provided a way to create your own network. I think in the end Openness wins. It's just a marathon not a sprint.