While Microsoft and Yahoo were busy announcing that their IM clients would operate on each other's networks, Google was apparently hiring the main developer of Gaim, an open-source client that lets you access all flavors of IM. You choose: two clients? Or all clients?
Future of IM: interoperability or actual openness?
Future of IM: interoperability or actual openness?
Molly Wood
Former Executive Editor
Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, Always On. When she's not enraging fanboys of all stripes, she can be found offering tech opinions on CBS and elsewhere, and offering opinions on everything else to anyone who will listen.