Cisco is buying Jabber

[FuturePilot]

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/cisco-is-jabbering-its-way-into-office-cubicles/

Hmmm. I just hope it stays open source.

[Dr Small]

Well, Jabber uses the XMPP protocol, which is open-standard, so it's not like they are going to ruin our communication protocol.

[vishzilla]

I guess not. Why wood Jabber sell themselves to be closed-source?

[fatality_uk]

I guess not. Why wood Jabber sell themselves to be closed-source?

A dollar sign, followed by a number, then lots of zeros!

[XVampireX]

A dollar sign, followed by a number, then lots of zeros!

I like that thinking, yeah... probably :)

[vishzilla]

A dollar sign, followed by a number, then lots of zeros!

:lolflag:

[Half-Left]

Big companies buying up opensource technologies, my god whatever next. :p

[nick09]

That is good for business and Jabber has less resources available compared to Cisco who is a larger company. Plus I believe the founder of Jabber wanted some instant satisfaction in his/her's pocket.