[ random @ 23.09.2003. 16:19 ] @
http://www.jabber.org/press/2003-09-22.php

Denver, CO - September 22, 2003 - According to ComScore Media Metrix, ICQ -- the original instant messaging (IM) service to gain mass popularity -- claimed a declining user base of 6 million in June of 2003. In this same time period, the Jabber Software Foundation (JSF) estimated that there were nearly 10 million end users of software based on the open Jabber/XMPP protocol. While it is difficult to count distinct Jabber users because the network is growing so fast and includes many servers on large corporate intranets, the JSF's estimate includes more than 4 million paying customers of Jabber, Inc.'s commercial software as well as an estimated 6 million users of open source and other commercial implementations of the Jabber/XMPP protocol.
[ Tyler Durden @ 23.09.2003. 22:57 ] @
wow!
Ja sam stvarno iznenadjen. Nisam znao da je jabber toliko popularan???
[ MMX @ 25.09.2003. 12:40 ] @
Ni ja, mislio sam da je to projekat u razvoju, ali podatci govore suprotno sto me veoma raduje :)
[ random @ 25.09.2003. 13:18 ] @
Pa ICQ je neobično popularan kod nas. I nije toliko popularan u svetu kao što mnogi misle — najviše korisnika ima u Aziji. Recimo Ameri ga valjda skoro uopšte ne koriste (tamo AIM vlada suvereno).
[ Tyler Durden @ 25.09.2003. 13:55 ] @
Random, znas li kako stoji odnos (otprilike) svim IM servisa ukupno.. jabber, icq, aim, yahoo, msn...??
[ random @ 25.09.2003. 20:46 ] @
Evo nekih prošlogodišnjih statistika za US. ICQ je najslabiji. Yahoo i MSN najbrže rastu, a MSN je najkorišćeniji. Ne pominje se Jabber, doduše on je doživeo ogroman boost baš u poslednjih godinu dana.

http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?id=281

Teško je odrediti jer jedno je IM za široke narodne mase (ovako sa javnim serverima, free registracijom, itd) a u one cifre gore ulaze i firme koje interno koriste neka IM rešenja, itd. itd.
[ Mihailo @ 26.09.2003. 01:42 ] @
We're jabbing in the name of the Lord!

Mogao bi Radović da agituje za jedan jabber sever na Veratu, onako default po username-u, i da doda u reklamu. To bi bilo lepo, a nije nešto zahtevno.