France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.

Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by ninalanyon on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:40AM (#46777179)

We need the EU to do for software what it did for device charging and require interoperability.

There used to be several 'universal' chat clients, for example Pidgin.

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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by mlrtime on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @05:42AM (#46778206)

Bring back ICQ!

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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by sam_lowry_ on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @12:01PM (#46798077)

XMPP for all of it faults allowed interoperability.

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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by bluebarbet on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @05:56AM (#46778344)

Indeed, and the IM space is a good example of an unfinished job. IMO it's high time that Brussels stepped in and picked a winning protocol, i.e. Matrix, and mandated that public bodies use it.

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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by alphabetag675 on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @08:53AM (#46779915)

Will WebRTC be the one needed to be mandated?

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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by rantallion on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @09:18AM (#46780238)

Isn't interoperability of messaging one of the goals of the Digital Markets Act?

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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by rw_grim on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:36PM (#46786201)

We (Pidgin) are still around.. You may be interested in our state of the bird posts to see what we've been up to. https://discourse.imfreedom.org/tag/state-of-the-bird

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