September 18th, 2005
Gtalk
Interesting discussion about Gtalk
For now I’m discouraging people from switching to Google’s new IM network. It simply does not offer enough benefit to justify further fragmentation of the IM world. We’re probably never going to see meaningful innovation and advancement of IM utility until we find a way to get past the horrible plumbing that exists underneath, and Google Talk as it exists today is doing more harm to that goal than good. No amount of vapor or rumor regarding gee-whiz VoIP or search capabilities is going to offset the closed nature of their new network for me.