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Re:Easy XMPP: What are we doing here? by ariwilson on Monday January 16, 2017 @02:28PM (#13412268)
The writing was on the wall before that, though. WhatsApp was eating everyone's lunch and Facebook / Google wanted to move faster and own the messaging space.
Re:Easy XMPP: What are we doing here? by riquito on Monday January 16, 2017 @06:46PM (#13414080)
WhatsApp didn't exist yet
Re:Easy XMPP: What are we doing here? by ariwilson on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @08:01PM (#13432041)
WhatsApp has existed since 2009, which preceded Google Hangouts by 4 years.