jabber xml, icq and im

[Ben Luey <lueyb@gridley.ACNS.Carleton.edu>]

I'm confused about jabber -- from what I read on jabber.org it is a way to
unify icq, im, etc al -- the jabber program has one set of commands and
sits on top of code that communicates with these different services,
right? Yet when I look at gabber and other jabber clients there is no
menthion of icq compatibility. Can jaber clients communicate with these
services? Will they, or am I totally confused.

Thanks,

Ben