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On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:20:47 +0000 Steven Côté wrote: > > > > Sure, it might be handy, but it's Google, which means it'll do > > things it's own > > way, a la gmail, gmane etc. > > > > The biggest difference here is that those examples were the Google > implementation of existing protocols. What's intersting about this is > that it's a completely new protocol and will (eventually) be opened > up for people to make their own implementations. They've also > publicly stated that they'll be releasing their implementation as > open source once it's ready. Surely that kinda goes against the ethos of "open source" though (or rather, of Free Software)? Who decides when it "is ready"? I don't like carrot dangling - if you're going to "open source" something in the end, why not do it now? Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html