DreamHost and Google are Talking!
January 17, 2006 on 3:48 pm | In New Features, Updates by Brett |
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!
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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
Comment by Kyle Miller — January 17, 2006 #
Right you are! Fixed!
Comment by Brett — January 17, 2006 #
Thank you Brett! This f***ing rocks!
Comment by Will — January 17, 2006 #
Jabber and Google Talk
Google Talk and Jabber now communicate
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Trackback by Unofficial DreamHost Blog — January 17, 2006 #
that was fast. didn’t google just announce that today?
Comment by Stefan Hayden — January 17, 2006 #
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…
Trackback by wakeless.net — January 17, 2006 #
Hmm… My jabber accounts don’t seem to be activiating and the panel is freaking out. Sigh. :(
Comment by Bruce — January 17, 2006 #
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…
Comment by Aaron Linville — January 17, 2006 #
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.
Comment by Bruce — January 17, 2006 #
[...] This implies that DreamHost’s Jabber users now can communicate with Google Talk users (and vice versa). [...]
Pingback by Unofficial DreamHost Blog » Blog Archive » Jabber and Google Talk — January 18, 2006 #
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.
Comment by Topher — January 18, 2006 #
http://www.jabber.org/sponsors/
Comment by michael — January 20, 2006 #
I don’t use Jabber, so this isn’t really exciting.
Comment by Jennifer — January 20, 2006 #
[...] DreamHost and Google are Talking! [...]
Pingback by Samokk is a Geek » Google Talk finally connected to the rest of the XMPP World — January 21, 2006 #
So does this mean that DH will be offering live tech support via Jabber? (please!)
Comment by SR — January 24, 2006 #
We love xmpp!
Comment by hello — February 3, 2006 #
[...] #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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