siliconvalley.internet.com: HP Winks ;-) at Jabber

“Seeing a cash cow in the burgeoning Instant Messaging sector,
Hewlett-Packard Monday announced a deal to become a worldwide
distribution and development partner with Denver-based Jabber
Inc.

“As part of the deal, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and
printer maker will be jointly selling Jabber on its existing
Linux-based and HP-UX platforms as well as any system bundled with
Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 Enterprise Server edition, which HP
co-developed with Jabber. The companies say their first versions
should debut beginning this summer.

“Jabber’s commercial product and its open source counterpart,
Jabber.org, are based on the eXtensible Messaging and Presence
Protocol (XMPP), which ensures that all XMPP-compliant solutions
can interoperate. XMPP achieved IETF (Internet Engineering Task
Force) Working Group status in October 2002 and is quickly moving
towards full ratification. IM guru Jeremie Miller started the
Jabber project in early 1998…”

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