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Yahoo put out some encouraging words today about instant messaging using XMPP. This is great and validates our strategy to use it as a transport for location, messages and status updates. The days of proprietary messaging are drawing near.

Zimbra, like Google and some other non-incumbent powers in the world of instant messaging, has used the open XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) standard for instant messaging. It's this standard that Dietzen apparently sees playing a broader role at Yahoo.

More at CNET.

We're really excited about this after hearing of AOL's moves in the same direction.