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Cisco borgs Jabber

Anonymous Coward

errr its free 

Posted Friday 19th September 2008 20:46 GMT

Happy

Don't tell the dumbbois at CiscNo, but Jabber is open source protocol, they could have created their own client and integrated without capex.

Neil Greatorex

Oi! Cisco, Jabber - No! 

Posted Friday 19th September 2008 20:46 GMT

Happy

I ain't gettin on no jabber enabled cisco device, you crazy fools!

Dan

Eh? 

Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 10:10 GMT

Why didn't they just implement the XMPP protocol? Even if they wanted to extend the protocol with Cisco-specific stuff they could have done anyway without buying Jabber. Madness.

prathlev

@err its free 

Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 10:10 GMT

Stop

Developing your own Jabber client isn't free. It takes competent developers. Now they have some. And furthermore they are in a position to steer the development of the "official" Jabber protocol.

Pheet

slight correction 

Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 10:10 GMT

Boffin

"The Jabber protocol acts as a bridge between the firm's own XML-based chat and proprietary Microsoft, AOL, and Yahoo IM clients "

No. There are plug-ins (oft 3. party) available for jabber servers (of which there are several flavours) referred to as gateways, which will bridge to other IM protocols (and other transports such as email).

There are _extensions_ to the core jabber protocol which define/advise on address translation (so for example fred@msn.com becomes fred%msn.com@msgateway.jabberhost.net ) and on service discovery of available gateways.

Bit more research needed, or least should have been better phrased IMO.

Robert Ramsay

spokesman needs to be shot 

Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 18:49 GMT

Alert

"Our intention is to be the interoperability benchmark in the collaboration space."

SHUT UP! SHUT UP! DIE!!!!!!!!!!

Mike Smith

Owner 

Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 18:49 GMT

WEBB owns 1/3 of Jabber. WEBB announced that shareholders will get .32/ share from the CISCO purchase. WEBB is trading at .25/ share today. There is a .07 profit on the table for your taking ladies and gentlemen.