(2005-10-20) Gaim Google

Sean Egan, lead of the GAim Instant Messaging app, now works at Google on GoogleTalk and related things. But Google is approaching the interoperability problem by partnering with others that have the same commitment to open protocols, which leads GoogleTalk further away from Yahoo, MSN and AOL. see [z2005-10-12-YahooMsImInterop]