[Foundation] New protocol out of SIMPLE+XMPP :?

[Bart van Bragt]

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113144,00.asp

"The crowd was surprised into silence with SIMPLE champion Jonathan 
Rosenberg's announcement that "SIP and Jabber communities are actively 
working towards a unified, single-server protocol.""

"Rosenberg anticipates a draft of a new protocol document could be 
completed soon, then submitted to the IETF. The organization could 
consider the standards integration as soon as its November meeting in 
Minneapolis."

Eeehm?

This would be great IMO but how far is this all from the truth? Are we 
talking about a new protocol or some means to make communication between 
the two standards possible?

Bart


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