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Why can't we all just get along?

Chris Pirillo has an excellent rant about the stupidity of multiple incompatible IM clients:

Remember how you couldn't send emails to your friends who used Eudora, because you were using Pine? That's because it never happened. That shortcoming would never fly, yet we put up with these exact bugaboos on a regular basis. I'm getting real close to dropping all IM activity altogether until the brands get their acts together.
I agree wholeheartedly. It is ridiculous that this kind of thing is allowed to limit the huge benefits of instant communication.

And personally I wonder why after all of these years we have yet to agree on one common way of sharing address book and identity information. Outlook, Thunderbird, PDAs, and phones - all of them use a different format, making it extremely painful to share that information.

Posted by larry at August 24, 2005 09:09 PM | TrackBack

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The difference this time is that Google Talk actually has instructions for every major multi-IM program (ie, Trillian), or any program that supports the Jabber protocol, and provides an illustrated, step-by-step guide to getting on their network.

This is unheard of in the IM industry, and just another reason Google's at the head of the pack.

And people are still bitching about them being "Too successful" and paying people too much! The jealousy and absurdity is ridiculous.

I don't like keeping track of 5 IM accounts, just like everybody else, which is why I'd rather support an open, well-documented protocol than MSN or AIM and their attempts to wall me into their non-user friendly black hole.

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