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		gst on May 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook considering $3-4Bn buyout of Skype IMO XMPP/Jingle is the best alternative: - Open standard - Supports federation between different servers - Open source cllients available - Also integrated into GMail (that's the technology that is used when you do a voice or video call) - Will be fully integrated into Android starting with version 2.3.4

bergie on May 5, 2011 [–]

Agreed. We were doing mobile video calls with XMPP with Nokia N800s already back in 2007

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergie/399708279/

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