It's one thing to allow people access to their Calendar and contact information in Google's systems via an open protocol.
It's another to provide an implementation of that protocol on a different system. Why should they? They use their own protocol for this task. They don't provide an XMPP client either. Let others fill that gap, though I understand your frustration that current candidates are insufficient.
It's another to provide an implementation of that protocol on a different system. Why should they? They use their own protocol for this task. They don't provide an XMPP client either. Let others fill that gap, though I understand your frustration that current candidates are insufficient.