Comment Re:Answer: the end of the world. (Score 1) 437
Not so fast with the Jabber angle...
Jabber.org would benefit from an open IM standard. Unfortunately, Jabber.com would lose its only competitive advantage and would quickly go out of business.
It's important to distinguish between consumer IM and enterprise IM. The open source Jabber servers would be adopted by techies and small shops (like linux in the early days), while Jabber.com would have a fair chance at selling to the high end enterprise market where perceived scale, reliability and 24/7 support are a must.
Remember, AOL and Microsoft don't even have an offering in the enterprise world yet.
Jabber.org would benefit from an open IM standard. Unfortunately, Jabber.com would lose its only competitive advantage and would quickly go out of business.
It's important to distinguish between consumer IM and enterprise IM. The open source Jabber servers would be adopted by techies and small shops (like linux in the early days), while Jabber.com would have a fair chance at selling to the high end enterprise market where perceived scale, reliability and 24/7 support are a must.
Remember, AOL and Microsoft don't even have an offering in the enterprise world yet.
