Google hires Gaim lead developer

Gaim is a multi-protocol, multi-platform instant messaging client that accesses the MSN Messenger, AOL AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu and Zephyr networks and runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

Sean Egan publicly broke the news on the Gaim Web site this week, revealing that he has been working in Google's Seattle office for a month and a half on the company's Google Talk IM application.