The stated reasons for dropping XMPP (federation) support in the new Google Hangouts are startling inaccurate and misinformed. As one of the XMPP Council member

The stated reasons for dropping XMPP (federation) support in the new Google Hangouts are startling inaccurate and misinformed. As one of the XMPP Council members, I felt a rebuttal was in order: https://plus.google.com/116276248303121270590/posts/ggNwh9eLYWu https://plus.google.com/116276248303121270590/posts/ggNwh9eL...