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Re: KDE 2.2 Release Schedule Update
by Justin on Tuesday 17/Jul/2001, @20:43

The trouble with GAIM is not the name, but rather the network. AIM is a proprietary network. KDE includes an AIM client, called Kit. It _could_ be renamed to Kim, but the problem of the proprietary network is still there.

I think if KDE is going to include any sort of IM program, it should be a Jabber client. Jabber is the open-source decentralized IM system (see jabber.org for more info, or jabbercentral.com for clients).

I would suggest including the client I'm working on, Psi, but it requires Qt3. Konverse would be a better choice, since it is a KDE program. Maybe it should be included in the KDE distribution? If it doesn't replace Kit, it should at least be there alongside it. This would be a great promotion of Jabber as well. Unfortunately, Konverse (and Psi, for that matter) are not in fully usable states. But that will change for sure.

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