This has got to be the time to celebrate Google. They have done so much right this past year or so, and despite making some poor decisions, they made some great ones this week. Pretty much everybody has read about them holding out when the DOJ paid them a visit to request their considerable search records. Not an option for small companies like mine. But when giants like Microsoft, Yahoo! and AOL don’t put up any fight, you have to admire Google’s chutzpah.

Google started late in the IM game, but nevertheless it should be noted that they have chosen the federated solution, sticking to the awesome and open XMPP/Jabber standard.