tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post3017740652037046829..comments2024-03-28T09:20:06.188+02:00Comments on nicu's FOSS'n'stuff: All your mails are belong to Y!nicuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787116898361050437noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post-27759588507925251432008-04-01T07:00:00.000+03:002008-04-01T07:00:00.000+03:00"he also work with mainstream, non-geek audience (..."he also work with mainstream, non-geek audience (he run an online store, but not sell technology products, only contact lenses"<BR/>after all these years how can you make such mistakes? i don't get itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post-158416968894157532008-03-11T19:27:00.000+02:002008-03-11T19:27:00.000+02:00I struggled to get some of my contacts to move to ...I struggled to get some of my contacts to move to Jabber (be it GTalk or something else) but with little success: they have a lot of contacts on Y!M and won't go to a multiprotocol client like Pidgin due to its lack of voice/webcam support (and until very recently, broken file transfer with Y!M).nicuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787116898361050437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post-12409634070940234432008-03-11T18:49:00.000+02:002008-03-11T18:49:00.000+02:00It's very interesting indeed, though I'd rather ha...It's very interesting indeed, though I'd rather have a Google near-monopoly, so I could use a Jabber account with XMPP.<BR/>Speaking of Google, it has been interesting to see how it has managed to snoop away market share in both the IM and email world, the former thanks to a tie-in with the latter.<BR/>I do hope open standards are going to play a bigger role everywhere, because it can reduce the network effect and vendor lock-in.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058648978170984663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post-56441429006276930032008-03-11T18:46:00.000+02:002008-03-11T18:46:00.000+02:00In interesting to see how each country has usually...In interesting to see how each country has usually its own monopoly in the area: some uses MSN, other Yahoo! and other ICQ (yes, there are regions where people still use ICQ).<BR/>Is the network effect: you are forces to use the same communication service as the people around you.nicuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787116898361050437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post-59292716528213313632008-03-11T18:37:00.000+02:002008-03-11T18:37:00.000+02:00Oh, Hotmail and MSN Messenger already have a near-...Oh, Hotmail and MSN Messenger already have a near-monopoly in the Netherlands. I don't see why it'd be worse than a Yahoo! monopoly, but yeah, it sucks.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058648978170984663noreply@blogger.com