Comments on: links for 2006-12-08 http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/12/09/links-for-2006-12-08/ where we're going, we don't need roads... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:53:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jdub http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/12/09/links-for-2006-12-08/#comment-751 jdub Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:55:03 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/12/09/links-for-2006-12-08/#comment-751 They're building bridges. AIM is an important bridge to build because there's a heck of a lot of people behind it, and it's relatively easy compared to the others. Jabber doesn't have the same, uh, ROI. :-) They're building a Javascript version of the badge thingy. I imagine Flash was just simpler to start with. Remember that Mugshot is quite a different world. Intentionally so. They’re building bridges.

AIM is an important bridge to build because there’s a heck of a lot of people behind it, and it’s relatively easy compared to the others. Jabber doesn’t have the same, uh, ROI. :-)

They’re building a Javascript version of the badge thingy. I imagine Flash was just simpler to start with.

Remember that Mugshot is quite a different world. Intentionally so.

]]> By: Kevin Otte http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/12/09/links-for-2006-12-08/#comment-748 Kevin Otte Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:21:37 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/12/09/links-for-2006-12-08/#comment-748 I don't quite get what Red Hat is up to with Mugshot. They are (or at least once were) a company who espouses openness of source and protocol, yet they have chosen to use AIM instead of Jabber/GTalk and the closed source Flash for their badges. What did I miss? I don’t quite get what Red Hat is up to with Mugshot. They are (or at least once were) a company who espouses openness of source and protocol, yet they have chosen to use AIM instead of Jabber/GTalk and the closed source Flash for their badges. What did I miss?

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