> XMPP is a federated protocol & none of the major networks ever supported federation. Google Talk did. It was the only one, though, so GP's assertion that mul

> XMPP is a federated protocol & none of the major networks ever supported federation. Google Talk did. It was the only one, though, so GP's assertion that multiple major networks did is indeed incorrect. But we came closer to federation between big players than you're implying. One more would have done it.