if you want your communication with friends to stop depending on ICQ’s problems, get yourself a Jabber account and add me to your contacts :)
Switch to Jabber!#
Imagine that there is only one mail server in the world — www.email.com — and all fans of electronic correspondence are forced to use exactly it, install its client software, and watch its ads. That’s roughly how things work in the world of ICQ. And lately the owners of this service (AOL) have been pulling various tricks on users of third-party software. This results in me losing contact with half my friends. The business models of AOL and Rambler are built on the assumption that I am a lazy, limited creature, hooked on their precious ICQ, and will obediently watch their stupid ads and use their ugly programs. But the world doesn’t revolve around ICQ. There is a far more advanced and open system called Jabber, and a host of more convenient programs. Switching to Jabber takes just a few minutes.
Jabber has no owners, just like the email protocol. Although, of course,
individual Jabber servers do have owners. Jabber offers far more interesting features
than ICQ. Some programs, such as the Russian-language QIP Infium, let you be connected to both ICQ and Jabber simultaneously.
Read up and join:
– About Jabber in general
– Client programs
– Jabber servers
– Registration guide for Jabber
See you on Jabber!#
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