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<title>1&1 Internet AG receives German Document Freedom Award </title>
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<h1>1&1 Internet AG receives German Document Freedom Award </h1>
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<p newsteaser="yes">Karlsruhe, 28 March 2012 - 1&1, GMX and WEB.DE
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receive the German Document Freedom Award for the use of Open Standards.
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The prize is awarded by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and the
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Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure e.V. (FFII) for
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automatically addition to their e-mail addresses.The prize is awarded
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annually on the occasion of Document Freedom Day for the promotion of Open
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Standards. Last years winners include <a
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href="/news/2011/news-20110330-01.html">tagesschau.de</a>, <a
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href="/news/2010/news-20100324-01.html">Deutschland Radio</a>, and the <a
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href="http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release-de/2008q1/000124.html">German
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Foreign
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Office</a>.</p>
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<p>In Karlsruhe FSFE and FFII handed over a certificate and the Document
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Freedom Award- cake to Jan Oetjen, CEO Portals from 1&1, and Tino Anic
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and his team, who are responsible for this functionality. "The Extensible
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Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP, previously called Jabber) is an <a
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href="/projects/os/os.html"> Open Standard</a> communication protocol
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used for chatting. A <a href="http://xmpp.org/xmpp-software/clients/">
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variety of chat programs support this protocol</a>, and it is also used
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in VoIP applications.
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Every e-mail users of 1&1, GMX and Web.de get such an XMPP account by
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default, which has the same name as the e-mail address.</p>
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<p>"Unlike closed services such as Facebook and Skype, 1&1 has provided
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open connectivity with the rest of the Jabber/XMPP network for many years.
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They are to be commended for supporting truly free communication using
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Internet standards." says Peter Saint-Andre, Executive Director XMPP
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Foundation.</p>
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<p>Like 1&1, everyone can set up an XMPP server and enable it to
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connect with other XMPP standard compliant servers around the world. People
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having an account from 1&1 are able to chat with other contacts, within
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or outside the 1&1 network, using any XMPP supporting client they want.
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They can chat with customers from other XMPP supporting companies like
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Google (with Google Talk), with people who set up their own Free Software
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XMPP server, and with all of FSFE's supporters, which also automatically
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get an XMPP account. When using Skype, ICQ, Facebook, Yahoo messenger or
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Microsoft Network (MSN), all the people who want to chat with each other
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have to use the same provider.</p>
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<p>"Facebook and Microsoft Network (MSN) also use XMPP for their chat
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functionality. But they disabled the XMPP server feature to connect with
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other XMPP servers. This way Facebook and MSN are restricting their users
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to their own service: You are only allowed to talk with people who also
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have an account at their service and surrendered their data. Use XMPP and
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give your friends the freedom to decide which software and which provider
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they want to use and trust!", says Matthias Kirschner, FSFE's German
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Coordinator.</p>
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<p>"We are very honoured to receive this award. It confirms our decision to
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use the open standard XMPP for our online chat within WEB.DE, GMX and
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1&1 mailboxes. It allows our users to chat without technical barriers
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across the web.", says Jan Oetjen, CEO 1&1 Internet Portals.</p>
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<p>Stephan Uhlmann, FFII board member, adds: "We're inspired by companies
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like 1&1 Internet AG who not only base their business on Internet open
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standards, like email and the web, but also keep these services
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interoperable and do not rely on lock-in effects to convince their
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customers."</p>
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2012-03-27 05:44:30 +00:00
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<ul>
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<li>Press pictures of the award ceremony are available on <a
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href="TODO">TODO</a>.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://wissen.dradio.de/kommunikation-autarkes-chatten.36.de.html?dram:article_id=15749">
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DRadio Wissen interview</a> with Deputy German Coordinator Torsten
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Grote about XMPP (in German) explaining the importance of XMPP. (<a
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href="http://ondemand-mp3.dradio.de/file/dradio/2012/0/26/drw_201203261034_autark_chatten_gespraech_mit_thor_10eb6223.mp3">Audio</a>,
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unfortunately only mp3). </li>
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<li><a href="/news/2012/news-20120321-01.html">You suggest, we send
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handcuffs: Who needs education about standards?</a></li>
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2012-03-26 16:40:25 +00:00
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