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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: PROPOSAL: Drop aKtion from KDE kdemultimedia package
From:       Rob Kaper <cap () capsi ! com>
Date:       2002-12-17 18:21:47
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On Tuesday December 17 2002 7:08 pm, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote:
> Kit is a single protocol client. In this case, Kopete can connect to jabber
> whith is a GPL'ed protocol too.

Will my AIM friends appear on Jabber? My primary motivation to use IM software 
is to talk to my friends, some of which use AIM. For which I prefer to use 
the open protocol.

> Then you turn Jabber plugin on and problem solved. Nobody guarantees that
> AOL will not block even TOC clients someday. I am sure they will not do it,
> but you can't ensure that unless you are AOL's CEO.

A friend of mine works for AOL/Spinner and the use of AIM is promoted even in 
the Linux department. I doubt they'd want to block their own employees. The 
problem with OSCAR is not intentional blocks, but unintentional ones when AOL 
tries to block the real competition, such as MSN and Trillian.

Rob
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