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A comment on Open Real Time Messaging System: Jabber (1999).

Re:Open Real Time Messaging System: Jabber (1999) by jcbrand on Friday January 04, 2019 @11:09AM (#18825015)
It's quite interesting to read the slashdot comments.

There are a bunch of "Why not use IRC?" kinds of comments, some people who mention they're happy with the proprietary silo they happen to be using and others who say there are enough other FOSS messaging solutions already.

Reminds me a lot of HN. The more things change...

I haven't seen a single comment complaining about XML though !

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Re:Open Real Time Messaging System: Jabber (1999) by ge0rg on Friday January 04, 2019 @11:22AM (#18825155)
My favorite is actually the NIH reproach at https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=15607&cid=2048695 - somebody always tries to reinvent the wheel!
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Re:Open Real Time Messaging System: Jabber (1999) by sedatk on Friday January 04, 2019 @11:37AM (#18825302)
I complained about XML in their mailing list jabber-dev back in 99 because how they shoehorned it to the protocol. I still don’t like it.
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