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Offer aim as a XMPP service

Offer aim as a XMPP service! Every user should be able to login to aim via XMPP by using a JID like username@aim.com. AIM should enable s2s and XMPP.

+ Ubuntu and GNU/Linux users as well as users of any other OS) could use aim with a XMPP client of their choice
+ aim users could contact billions of other XMPP users
+ aim users could also interact with their Facebook friends (via transport)

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      • AnonymousAnonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        AIM is killing of itself by refusing to federate with all other Jabber services.

        Sure, opening up the federation interface would cause AIM to bleed users in the beginning - but as a closed network, AIM will loose.

      • Thomas BThomas B commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        @Adam
        I looked at the site you linked prior to reaching this page. All it states is that it's limited to select partners.
        XMPP is an open protocol and, at least how that page reads, AIM is using it as yet another closed protocol. It pains me to say but WLM (windows live messenger) is using XMPP more openly than AOL. In fact, I'm currently connected to WLM through XMPP but cannot connect to AIM.
        By utilizing such a closed protocol, AOL is limiting its user base. A limited user base is also one which tends to stagnate and eventually to find a better alternative.

      • børge roumbørge roum commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        @Adam: An XMPP gateway is not what we're asking for! We're asking for AIM to be built on XMPP, just like how GTalk and Facebook Chat are XMPP.

      • AnonymousAnonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        @Adam Someone that uses google chat/talk with google apps and as a result uses a non @gmail.com address has to be a Partner to chat with AOL?

      • Dennis Andrew Gutowski Jr.Dennis Andrew Gutowski Jr. commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        This is actually a brilliant suggestion.

        Aim users are a small market in and of themselves. This makes using aim a much more flexible and much farther reaching tool.

        If AOL still wants to make some advertising revenue, they can always offer a html based website client like yahoo or google, just to name a few.

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