We’re talking with Google! But it’s not what you think!
We have no plans to sell DreamHost to anyone – not even Google! Even they couldn’t afford the eleventy-billion dollars that it would take for us to even consider selling out!
However! They are still trying their hardest to make themselves appear to be a more attractive suitor by enabling XMPP federation on Google Talk today! What this means is that DreamHost customers who are running their own Jabber servers @their own domains (a free feature included with all of our hosting packages!) can now add Google Talk users to their contact lists – and vice versa!
Go ahead – try it now! If you’re logged in to your DreamHost-provided Jabber account, try adding username@gmail.com! It’ll work! Honest! Or if you’re logged into Google Talk, try adding username@dreamhostaccount.com. Again – works!
We’ve been singing Jabber’s praises for three and a half years now! If you haven’t yet experienced the magic of open-source instant messaging why not start today? If you’re a DreamHost customer just visit the Goodies : Jabber IM section of your account control panel to get started!
January 17th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
According to the press release (July 22, 2002), you’ve been singing Jabber’s praises for 3.5 years, not 2.5 years :-P.
-KM
January 17th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Right you are! Fixed!
January 17th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Thank you Brett! This f***ing rocks!
January 17th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Jabber and Google Talk
Google Talk and Jabber now communicate
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January 17th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
that was fast. didn’t google just announce that today?
January 17th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
Google Talk, Dreamhost and Jabber
This is awesome, Google Talk has enabled XMPP Federation meaning that I can set up a Jabber server, and have…
January 17th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
Hmm… My jabber accounts don’t seem to be activiating and the panel is freaking out. Sigh. :(
January 17th, 2006 at 8:55 pm
This is awesome. Google Talk came out and said they were federating and this was the first thing I thought of. Works great. Now if just more people used it Google Talk…
January 17th, 2006 at 10:02 pm
Woo… The panel problems seem fixed now and my new Jabber account is working great. I’ve tested it with a couple people who run their own Jabber servers and it Just Worked(tm) from my point of view.
Thanks for supporting Jabber.
January 18th, 2006 at 4:09 am
[...] This implies that DreamHost’s Jabber users now can communicate with Google Talk users (and vice versa). [...]
January 18th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
I found that I can’t initiate IM convo’s with gtalk people unless I’m already on their list. So I used gtalk to ask all my existing friends to put me on their lists. Kind of annoying.
January 20th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
http://www.jabber.org/sponsors/
January 20th, 2006 at 8:01 pm
I don’t use Jabber, so this isn’t really exciting.
January 21st, 2006 at 2:55 am
[...] DreamHost and Google are Talking! [...]
January 24th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
So does this mean that DH will be offering live tech support via Jabber? (please!)
February 3rd, 2006 at 7:18 am
We love xmpp!
December 5th, 2006 at 11:51 am
[...] #4 Don’t forget everybody using Google Talk can already talk with everybody using Jabber on DreamHost. Such forward-looking management we have! [...]