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Hangouts is not an extension of XMPP, it is a replacement. Google's extensions to XMPP took place via the XEP process, and were published so other vendors coul
by jmillikin 13y ago
Hangouts is not an extension of XMPP, it is a replacement.
Google's extensions to XMPP took place via the XEP process, and were published so other vendors could implement them.
- zobzu 13y agoThat's exactly the same thing. Once you own most of the implementations running "the standard" you modify it and close it so that nobody can follow your path. It does not matter if the said modifications are called "G-XMPP" or 'Hangouts'. The result and logic are the same. The rest is a useless fight on semantics.
- jmillikin 13y agoThe Hangouts protocol is not a modified or closed version of XMPP. They have nothing in common except that they're both used to implement IM clients. SSH is not an extended version of Telnet.
- zobzu 13y agoAnd then again.. you didn't get the point. SSH and Telnet do the same thing, but nobody killed off telnet by getting everyone to use their implementation of it, then kill it and propose SSH as alternative. Thats what Hangout does. Name 5 of your friends without a google account who use internet & mobile phones. See what I mean? They were using XMPP. Everyone could talk to them using XMPP. Not anymore. Wanna talk to them? Gotta use hangout, no way around it. It does not matter if its based on the same _code_ what matter is that it offers the same functionality AND kills off the previous product by using their market share. That's the freaking concept.