====== Links ======
Here you will find links to read more about Open Discussion Day, Jabber/XMPP, how it began, and why open IM is a **good thing**!

===== About Jabber/XMPP =====
  * [[http://xmpp.org/|XMPP.org]] - The official XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) website
  * [[http://xmpp.net/|XMPP Public services]] - Official XMPP public servers
  * [[http://jabber.org/|Jabber.org]] - The first Jabber/XMPP server maintened by the XSF

  * [[http://chatme.im/|Chatme.im]] - The first italian public XMPP server
  * [[http://www.jabber.org.au/|Jabber.org.au]] - Australian Jabber/XMPP server
  * [[http://www.jabber.ru/|Jabber.ru]] - The main russian XMPP server
  * [[http://www.jabberfr.org/|JabberFR.org]] - French Jabber/XMPP community
  * [[http://www.jabberes.org/|JabberES.org]] - Spanish Jabber/XMPP community
  * [[https://jappix.com/|Jappix.com]] - The Jappix XMPP service
  * [[http://search.wensley.org.uk/|MUCSearch]] - A chat room search engine


===== Open Discussion Day Blogs/Advocacy =====
  * (fr) [[http://ploum.net/post/odd2011|"Open Discussion Day 2011 : Pourquoi la décentralisation est-elle importante ?" by ploum]]
  * (en) [[http://ploum.net/post/odd2011-en|"Open Discussion Day 2011 : Why Decentralization Matters" by ploum]]
  * (en) [[http://dthomasdigital.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/open-discussion-day-coming-may-19th/|"Open Discussion Day" from dthomasdigital]]
  * (en) [[http://pthree.org/2008/02/25/support-free-software-then-ditch-proprietary-im/|"Support Free Software? Then ditch proprietary IM!" by Aaron Toponce]]
  * (en) [[http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/05/19/open-discussion-day-may-19th/|"Open Discussion Day" from Ubuntu-Tutorials.com]]
  * (en) [[http://ploum.net/post/153-open-discussion-day-this-saturday-may-19th-just-take-off|"Open Discussion Day this Saturday May" by ploum]]
  * (en) [[http://ploum.net/post/148-2nd-open-discussion-day-this-may-19th|"2nd Open Discussion Day this May 19th" by ploum]]
  * (en) [[http://ploum.net/post/107-the-captive-clown|"The captive clown" by ploum]]
  * (en) [[http://ploum.net/post/103-may-19th-the-open-discussion-day-19-mai|"May 19th - Open Discussion Day" by ploum]]
  * (en) [[http://www.deepdarc.com/2006/02/27/goodbye-legacy-im/|"Goodbye Legacy IM" by darco]]

  * (fr) [[http://fbianco.opensourcewizards.org/odd/|"Lettre ouverte à mes contacts MSN et ICQ" by fbianco]]