The Meetro guys gave me a place to stay when I went to Startup School in 2005. I'm sorry to see them shut down. I think it was about the time they were trying to talk to Myspace, as I remember the topic coming up. Partnering with somebody like Myspace might have given them a userbase, but I think Myspace tried launching its own IM service, which never went anywhere.
The biggest problem I saw then is that nobody wants another IM network, and Meetro seemed bent on using their own protocol. Support was added for the major protocols eventually, but I don't think it was ever a big enough focus. I think making the protocol a Jabber extension and encouraging other people to implement it might have increased adoption, but wouldn't have helped the company.
The biggest problem I saw then is that nobody wants another IM network, and Meetro seemed bent on using their own protocol. Support was added for the major protocols eventually, but I don't think it was ever a big enough focus. I think making the protocol a Jabber extension and encouraging other people to implement it might have increased adoption, but wouldn't have helped the company.