Re: [Full-disclosure] talk.google.com

[Mohit Muthanna <mohit.muthanna@xxxxxxxxx>]

They sure do: http://www.google.com/talk/developer.html

Plans for SIP support; and "Service Choice" (Starting with EarthLink).

Mohit.

On 8/24/05, Clement Dupuis <cdupuis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> They must have plan to add VOIP on top of it later on.  They can then sell
> incoming and outgoing call like Skype 
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> I was just pondering as to how they will serve advertisements, ads on I.M.
> isn't the done thing and I can't see it being accepted. Honestly, I think a
> targetted ad would be pretty good on I.M., I'm talking about a concert with
> a friend and *bam* up pops a link to cheap tickets for that concert. But I
> can't see them getting away with that, I suppose it will just be used as a
> draw to their Gmail service? 
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> On 8/24/05, Stuart Carter <Stuart.Carter@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: 
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> Google will make money off it the way they usually do - by providing a
> useful service, based on open source and open standards, and use it as a
> conduit to deliver advertising :)
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>  I hadn't thought of the Skype connection - but it *does* make sense when
> you think about it. Plus, it's another poke in the eye to Microsoft - "hey,
> Microsoft! We have just launched our IM service and already have more users
> than you! Neener neener!" (or something along those lines).
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>  >>> Andrew Smith <andrew.rse@xxxxxxxxx> 24/08/2005 10:51 >>>
>  Interesting,
>  http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html especially,
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>  How could they possibly make a profit off this? I guess it's just an
>  extension to gMail which they will certainly make a profit with. 
>  Perhaps they're trying to beat skype on the VOIP market?
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>  On 8/24/05, Stuart Carter <Stuart.Carter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>  > Hey ho - more opportunites for people to happily surrender their privacy!
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>  > But it's just another jabber server - one that I will not be using, but
>  > will no doubt attract Joe Sixpack as usual.
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>  > Personally I find GAIM and GAIM-encryption to be a happy combination :) 
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