Google hires lead developer for open source instant messenger, Gaim
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Google recently hired Sean Egan, the lead developer of Gaim, an open source instant messenger, in an apparent bid to improve their Google Talk messenger's interoperability. The news follows a recent announcement by Microsoft and Yahoo that the two companies plan to allow their instant messengers to interoperate. Google Talk is based on Jabber technology, which is an open standard which any instant messenger can be programmed to interoperate with. The Gaim instant messaging client, as of the most recent version (1.5.0), can communicate on AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, GroupWise Messenger, and Zephyr networks. Gaim is cross-platform, with versions available for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows.
Related news
- "Microsoft and Yahoo team up to make IM clients compatible" — Wikinews, October 12, 2005
See also
Sources
- Sean Egan. "Gaim news" — October 12, 2005
- "GOOGLE BETS ON OPEN COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS" — Google Blog, October 13, 2005
- "Google Hires Gaim's Main Developer" — Slashdot, October 13, 2005
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