Finally, something worthy of shaking us from our August blogging slumber: Google talk – not only a potential Skype killer (who just announced a developer tools programme), but also an open source play on the strangely closed world of Instant Messaging protocols, because they have adopted Jabber. Although a Windows only native client, the system works with iChat, Adium and other popular client software
More coverage below:
- ZDNet mentions plans for integration with telephone handsets
- The FT puts it in context
- More coverage on Google News
- Useful links from 2lmc spool
This could be big!
