AOL adopting XMPP aka Jabber

sander writes: "Proprietary protocols are things from yesterday. Today, Opensource technologies are taking over the world! AOL / ICQ has just launched a test server using XMPP, an open technology. This means that you'll soon be able to talk to your ICQ / AIM contacts via Jabber. Google has already started using it. So who's next? MSN! More here: http://florianjensen.com/2008/01/17/aol-adopting-xmpp-aka-jabber/"