"before Google, no major messaging system supported XMPP or federation!" I think what we are seeing is the end of a poster child. Google has gone from being an

"before Google, no major messaging system supported XMPP or federation!" I think what we are seeing is the end of a poster child. Google has gone from being an engineers dream job to a self serving corporate entity. XMPP could have been made to do what Hangouts is doing, but instead of improving the web as a whole they are just focused on their own platform and profit line. Which is something they are entitled to do, it just sad.