Juste un petit billet pour signaler cet article de David Pogue du New York Times qui explique la portée de Google Talk (ça enrichit mon billet d’hier sur le sujet et vos commentaires):
Google Talk aims to end the ridiculous era of proprietary chat networks. At the moment, AOL, MSN and Yahoo each maintain separate, incompatible networks. The big boys each want to be alone in the sandbox, and the losers are their customers.
Google Talk, however, is based on an open, published standard that the company is making available to all. Already, Google Talk communicates with popular chat programs like iChat, Trillian, Adium, Psi and GAIM, but that’s just the beginning. Google is making overtures to Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft about making their chat programs compatible; EarthLink has already agreed to join the federation; and Google is also inviting the makers of games, collaboration tools and even cellphones to join in what it hopes will one day be a grand, unified chat network.
Il passe en outre en revue les vertus du Google Desktop Search 2 bêta (bien supérieur dit-il à la première version). Un essai de la première mouture ne m’avait pas convaincu.
