“Jabber.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Webb Interactive Services,
Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBB), today announced Palm and Jabber integration
along with a three-way partnership between Jabber.com, WorkSpot,
Inc., a premier open source Application Service Provider, and IQ3G,
Inc., a leader in enterprise wireless solutions. The three-way
partnership has been established as the foundation for a new Jabber
wireless initiative and marks the beginning of Jabber’s efforts in
the wireless market. Under the new initiative, WorkSpot, IQ3G
and Jabber.com immediately begin working together, along with the
open source community, to develop Jabber compatibility with Palm
devices.”
“Jabber is the only open source, XML-based platform for
extensible instant messaging applications. Open source means the
source code may be freely shared and improved upon as long as it is
returned to those who developed it. XML is an extensible markup
language similar to HTML, the language used for producing most Web
pages. Unlike HTML, however, XML is much more structured, flexible
and functional in a business environment as it has the inherent
ability to define the data it contains, in addition to formatting
its presentation.”