DreamHost and Google are Talking!

January 17, 2006 on 3:48 pm | In New Features, Updates by Brett |

DreamHost and Google are talking!

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!

17 Responses to “DreamHost and Google are Talking!”

  1. Kyle Miller Says:
    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

  2. Brett Says:
    January 17th, 2006 at 4:43 pm

    Right you are! Fixed!

  3. Will Says:
    January 17th, 2006 at 5:01 pm

    Thank you Brett! This f***ing rocks!

  4. Unofficial DreamHost Blog Says:
    January 17th, 2006 at 5:08 pm

    Jabber and Google Talk

    Google Talk and Jabber now communicate

    …

  5. Stefan Hayden Says:
    January 17th, 2006 at 5:23 pm

    that was fast. didn’t google just announce that today?

  6. wakeless.net Says:
    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…

  7. Bruce Says:
    January 17th, 2006 at 7:21 pm

    Hmm… My jabber accounts don’t seem to be activiating and the panel is freaking out. Sigh. :(

  8. Aaron Linville Says:
    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…

  9. Bruce Says:
    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.

  10. Unofficial DreamHost Blog » Blog Archive » Jabber and Google Talk Says:
    January 18th, 2006 at 4:09 am

    [...] This implies that DreamHost’s Jabber users now can communicate with Google Talk users (and vice versa). [...]

  11. Topher Says:
    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.

  12. michael Says:
    January 20th, 2006 at 3:33 pm

    http://www.jabber.org/sponsors/

  13. Jennifer Says:
    January 20th, 2006 at 8:01 pm

    I don’t use Jabber, so this isn’t really exciting.

  14. Samokk is a Geek » Google Talk finally connected to the rest of the XMPP World Says:
    January 21st, 2006 at 2:55 am

    [...] DreamHost and Google are Talking! [...]

  15. SR Says:
    January 24th, 2006 at 9:25 pm

    So does this mean that DH will be offering live tech support via Jabber? (please!)

  16. hello Says:
    February 3rd, 2006 at 7:18 am

    We love xmpp!

  17. DreamHost Blog » I Want Some of That Action Says:
    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! [...]

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