Comment by drawkbox
11 years ago
Maybe we need a new standard JSON protocol, I bet part of it falling out of favor was the XML.
Messaging is one of those areas that is actually pretty simple that corporations that want to own channels have munged up pretty bad into a complex mess. Companies internally even have a couple or few.
Side note: AOL/Timewarner actually owns the IM patent from ICQ (http://edition.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/12/19/internet.aol....)
Yeah, I don't think the issue with with the implementation, it's with the fact that it can't be controlled that companies didn't like. We either build systems to use ourselves or let private companies control our communications.