I've not been following this project particularly closely, but what does Empathy give users that couldn't be achieved by adding Telepathy support to Pidgin? Further to what Onkar mentioned, I'd add:
3. Pidgin is multi-platform, making life easier for those that wish to switch from Windows 4. Unless Empathy seamlessly imports all your logs/configuration from ~/.purple/, it's going to be a hassle for people to switch from Pidgin - Andrew -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss