Subject: [Wocky] FYI, Microsoft, Yahoo! Announce IM Interop Deal

From: "Paul B. Hill" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:55:14 -0400

Just an FYI...
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Microsoft, Yahoo! Announce IM Interop Deal 

Today Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! announced an initiative to make MSN
Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger compatible with each other. 

Read more:
http://entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=6982

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Although I have asked some people from Internet2 and the Common Solutions
Group about their interest in drafting a joint letter to Google regarding
Google Talk's inability to communicate with other Jabber systems, I have not
yet received a response. Perhaps the above news will help to motivate some
of our peers. 

Paul