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I think SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) may also do something like this.

mike

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From: "wkearney99" <wkearney99@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 2:30 PM
Subject: [syndication] Re: XML Dispatching, 5335, and the Coffee Mug


> > In the last couple of days, I've been going through a very similar
> > problem with Instant Messaging. I'd like to be able to construct a
> > link that means "start a chat session with X" that worked
> > generically. But of course, with 4 incompatible majors and lots of
> > smaller players as well, it's hopeless.
>
> Indeed it is a morass.  It seems the various developers have
> forgotten the idea of cooperating for the greater good.  They've also
> forgotten the practice of submitting RFCs and following guidelines.
> There's nothing preventing the various vendors from putting forth
> fresh protocol handlers.  It seems they're just not willing to do the
> work and stand up to the scrutiny such efforts require.  But hey,
> it's all steaming full speed ahead anyway.
>
> What would be most excellent would be for someone to sit down and
> write an inbound proxy for these various ports.  Something that
> understood internal client sessions.  Oh wait, Microsoft has already
> done this with the .Net framework and the my.Net services!  But since
> it's from that great satan in Redmond nobody wants to touch it.  So
> they continue to wail and moan about it not existing in open source.
> Jabber's got the right idea and it's slowly gaining momentum.  It's
> but one key in a very big puzzle.
>
> -Bill Kearney
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