Well, when you look at the google video then Lars says very early on what this is all about: To supersede E-Mail. The prototype client is just that - a prototyp

Well, when you look at the google video then Lars says very early on what this is all about: To supersede E-Mail. The prototype client is just that - a prototype client. Without having seen the product I'm very eagerly looking forward to what comes out of this. In fact, from the presentation it seems they aim even higher, in good, old google fashion. Not only do they want to replace SMTP, but also all proprietary instant messaging protocols, Facebook and twitter - in one fellow swoop. I say if there is a company to pull this off then it is google. All of this is way overdue and they seem to be on a good track; being XMMP based and, most importantly, open. To put it bluntly: This could be the end of Spam. The end of E-Mail. The end of multi-protocol IM-clients. The end of icq, msn, aim, qq, yim, jabber, skype(?). The end of Facebook, myspace, twitter, maybe even flickr. The end of all the half-baked wiki implementations we have today. I like it.