Re: [gNewSense-users] A bug in Pidgin(or SCIM) with gNewSense2.1

[Karl Goetz]

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:41:42 -0500
Matthew Flaschen <address@hidden> wrote:

> Karl Goetz wrote:
> > Actually, its XMPP. Formerly known as Jabber.
> 
> Not sure what you're trying to say.  XMPP is the protocol now used by
> Jabber, and it developed from a earlier technology used by Jabber.

I'm trying to say that XMPP isnt Google talk, but that Google talk is
XMPP.

> 
> > It happens that Google talk uses a (modified?) version of XMPP.
> 
> They comply with the standard as far as I can tell.

IIRC it used to be impossible to connect from Google talk to a Jabber
server (the way other Jabber servers peer).
kk

> 
> Matt Flaschen
> 
> 
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