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Wow, now I feel really lucky that I signed up for a free account just a couple of weeks ago. Then again, being forced to find my own email hosting would have m
by tikhonj 14y ago
Wow, now I feel really lucky that I signed up for a free account just a couple of weeks ago.
Then again, being forced to find my own email hosting would have made me less dependent on Google, which may have been a good thing...
- fakeer 14y agoAgree. I really think it's a bad idea to be tied to an ecosystem for all your needs. I, for one, would sure want to Keep all my chat contacts to some other service than Google/Gmail, Calendar with an independent provider. Unfortunately, unlike Calendar and some other services services like SNS and Chat are dependent upon what and where your other friends are. I would love it if I can have my own chat setup and I can chat with my friends on GTalk and Facebook (no, I don't personally know anyone who uses Yahoo any more or used other services like AIM ever at all).
- tikhonj 14y agoGoogle chat actually uses Jabber[1]. I believe nothing stops you from using some other Jabber service with GChat. [1]: http://www.jabber.org/ http://www.jabber.org/ Now Facebook, of course, is another story. My impression is that they use a technology based on Jabber but not compatible with anything outside of Facebook. I could be wrong--I simply never use Facebook chat.