Windows Live Messenger will not be as popular because it was once, but it’s still accessed by 300 million users, and Microsoft is now hoping to grow that by making it a little bit more open. The service now supports XMPP and OAuth 2.0, paving the style for other chat software and services to attach more easily (some already do, but by way of unofficial methods). XMPP is a messaging protocol (previously called Jabber and utilized by Google Talk) and OAuth 2.0 is an open standard for authorization that both Google and Microsoft have stepped out with early support for. Maybe by opening Messenger up somewhat, Microsoft is attempting to prevent what happened with ICQ .
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