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vanitasvitae
The heise article got updated. The recommendation is for Cisco Jabber now.
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vanitasvitae
Maybe @xmpp could issue a statement/recommendation towards open implementations?
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emus
vanitasvitae: please NĂ¿co But as always, stay polite & progressive
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emus
we should mention this aswell in the newsletter?
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vanitasvitae
Maybe something along the lines of "While we appreciate the EU Parliament taking control over their communications by using a self-hosted solution (Cisco Jabber is self hosted right?), we ask why not go a step further and chose a truely open system based on a truely open standard like XMPP?" with a link to xmpp.org's server software page plus maybe a link that clarifies the differences between Cisco Jabber and XMPP.
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vanitasvitae
And maybe replace "we ask why not" with "we encourage them to".
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Martin
vanitasvitae: Is there something official describing the differences?
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vanitasvitae
I'd assume
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vanitasvitae
AFAIK Holger once wrote something (unofficial?) but there should be more resources.
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emus
> AFAIK Holger once wrote something (unofficial?) but there should be more resources. yep, if they really continue about that topic, the XSF CommTeam (!) should provide some more resources
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pep.
vanitasvitae, technically, while I'm not especially happy with Cisco Jabber, we can probably still federate right?
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pep.
But yeah they wouldn't have the same disparate^Wawesome experience as most XMPP users experience nowadays :)✎ -
pep.
But yeah they wouldn't have the same disparate^Wawesome experience as most XMPP users nowadays :) ✏
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vanitasvitae
Hm, is Cisco Jabber iOS actually useful? :D
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emus
I think they (and others) should know what is what