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Re:Google Hangouts connected with Slack etc by hobarrera on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @03:09AM (#10077916)
> This may sound surprising, but Google has a long history of being a staunch supporter of IM interoperability.

First paragraph is so so far from the truth. Google was a supporter of IM interoperability. Then they closed XMPP interop, and replaced it with their own proprietary protocol. At the same time that they did the same with several other open protocols.

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Re:Google Hangouts connected with Slack etc by _oakland on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @04:48AM (#10078135)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's exactly what the rest of the post is about.
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