Presence and IntComm WG

[Neal McBurnett <>]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 12:47:56PM -0500, Ben Teitelbaum wrote:
> To elaborate somewhat:
> 
>   * We tested between uab.edu and Google Talk (gmail.com) using an
>     "ancient jabberd", according to John-Paul;
>   * We tested between duke.edu and Google Talk (gmail.com);
>   * We also tested using heterogeneous clients (Google's client, Adium,
>     and GAIM)
>   * IM worked;
>   * Presence updates worked;
>   * Custom presence worked;
>   * Typing indication worked;
> 
> In short, as Heather said: "Test were successful".  We couldn't break
> anything (at least not doing simple user-level things).
> 
> Local IdM and Auth, global connectivity--pretty cool!

Great.  Worked for me also.

So how about the voice side of things, to let us avoid proprietary,
closed-protocol, unmanageable VOIP stuff like Skype?

Any experience out there with the Google Talk client with voice?  I
guess they only have the Windows version out now.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk
 
And any insights comparing it with SIP, or other VOIP options?
I just joined the wg-pic list, so sorry if I missed something.

More links and excerpts included below....

Cheers,

Neal McBurnett                 http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/
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http://programming.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/09/2226226&from=rss

 Jabber Software Foundation (JSF) released documentation for two
 extensions to the Jabber (XMPP) protocol, named Jingle Signaling and
 Jingle Audio. On the same day, Google -- co-creators of the
 extensions -- released a BSD-style-licensed library called libjingle,
 the implementation of the extensions that powers the company's Google
 Talk software.

 Jingle Signaling (JEP 0166): http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0166.html
 Jingle Audio (JEP 0167): http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0167.html

 libjingle: http://code.google.com/apis/talk/index.html

 http://www.jabber.org/press/2005-12-15.shtml
 In addition to Google and Jabber Inc., the following companies and
 open-source projects have already pledged to support the Jingle
 protocols: Antepo, Cerulean Studios (Trillian), Coversant, Digium
 (Asterisk), Gaim, Jive Software, Novamens, Psi, SAPO, and
 Tipic. Support from additional vendors is expected in the near
 future.

Wengophone:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWengo
 
Gizmo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizmo_Project
 
Other Voice over IP info: 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP 
 
Cheers,

Neal McBurnett                 http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/
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