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The convenience of Google talk supporting XMPP, for me anyway, was the ability to talk to other people already using Google Talk through the XMPP protocol, and
by HyprMusic 13y ago
The convenience of Google talk supporting XMPP, for me anyway, was the ability to talk to other people already using Google Talk through the XMPP protocol, and the ability to use XMPP clients.
- davidw 13y agoWhile we're talking about externalities, this is what's known as the network effect, or positive network externalities. The value is not that someone has an XMPP server, the value is in having an XMPP server that everyone uses.