Or should that be wither GTalk? Andrew Hanson, and VoIPNews have both reported that Google Talk is missing from the latest version of Google Pack, the all in one package of tools that Google downloads. Moreover, Skype has apparently replaced it. Indeed, GTalk is missing from the Google Tools download page as well (was it there previously?).
The GoogleTalk Blog, however, continues to crank out new postings.
Confusing, no? Anybody from the GTalk team care to comment?
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Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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I've never seen it (Gtalk) on Gooogle Pack before. But yes it was surprising to see Skype there on Sunday when I was looking to see if GoogleEarth was included in the pack (and no it isn't). Why Skype? why not other open or standards based clients that use SIP or XMPP? Strange. I use the bare bones Counterpath Eyebeam softphone which meets my lowly needs.
Rest assured that it was one option to load onto the evaluation Blackberry 8700 last week. Of course it's the same six contacts I had six months ago; somehow all my "presence" and "chat" is occurring in Skype these days.
Same for me, Jim.
Alec, I've been hearing some reports of a project being built for Google that will be able to access the users of skype and even to the extent of it being built on SIP. After Yahoo and MSN linked up, there have been a lot of activity in the group. Perhaps that makes sense.
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