VoIP, chat, and twitter program Nimbuzz connects to SIP (the standard VoIP protocol), GoogleTalk, Jabber, MSN (Windows Live), Yahoo, AIM, Twitter, Gadu-Gadu, Facebook, MySpace, orkut, and Hyves.
It used to connect with ICQ too, but not anymore. After having to remove Skype from their program they had to do the same with ICQ.
The reason: money.
ICQ wanted Nimbuzz to pay for everyone who chats over their network with Nimbuzz. Obviously that's not gonna happen for a free program. Nobody pays to chat, so there's no way for Nimbuzz to recoup the money.
No more Skype in Nimbuzz and fring is a big loss. Having ICQ removed from Nimbuzz is no big deal because there are plenty of other instant messaging networks left. But let's hope that GoogleTalk and MSN don't follow the bad examples set by Skype and ICQ, because then the end of multi-network chat programs is nearby.
ICQ doesn't seem to work anymore with Palringo either. Fring still has ICQ. But who knows for how long?
• Nimbuzz
• fring
• Palringo
1 comment:
I don't think Google would ever do such things as GTalk itself runs as XMPP...
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