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Re:Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives by sdegutis on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:17PM (#10494864)
I don't think price is most people's problems. I think usually it's just

1. they don't want to depend on a third party's existence. If Slack Inc. goes under or gets sold to eBay, the team won't have Slack anymore, and

2. they want privacy. They don't want conversations being watched or sold, especially to competitors.

I'm pretty sure that's all it is. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though please.

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Re:Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives by tallerholler on Monday November 02, 2015 @09:43PM (#10497069)
Well, it's interesting that anyone would be concerned about (1) meanwhile probably 99% of open source projects use e.g. github, bitbucket, gmail, etc...

If it's an open source project then shouldn't everything be out in the open anyways? If that's not the case then it implies it's a private project in which case there should be a budget...

Maybe Im wrong though?

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