I may be slightly OT but to me it's kinda sad that the internet is increasingly ...

I may be slightly OT but to me it's kinda sad that the internet is increasingly being built around closed platforms instead of open APIs/protocols. Especially in the IM scene there must be a ton of services incompatible with each other. You need to have a dozen or so of IM programs installed (skype, viber, whatsapp, you name it). Too bad XMPP will probably never see any mainstream adoption. I know it had its share of problems but I believe that it was a step towards the right direction. My hope is with decentralized protocols but still if there isn't some form of standard you will still need a different client for each service. Admittedly opener (anyone can implement a client) but not quite there.

Now I'm only waiting for Google to completely kill XMPP access to Talk/Hangouts. That will be... frustrating.