Re:Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects
by tptacek on Monday February 01, 2016 @12:51PM
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"Just build a bot" is such a cop-out. With the right "bots", you could make Unix talk(1) competitive.
The things that Slack does better than IRC are integrated into Slack. They just work, and the whole system is designed to make them work smoothly.
"Don't use Slack for FOSS projects because it's not FOSS" is an intellectually coherent argument. But "don't use Slack for FOSS projects because IRC is just as good" is not.
The things that Slack does better than IRC are integrated into Slack. They just work, and the whole system is designed to make them work smoothly.
"Don't use Slack for FOSS projects because it's not FOSS" is an intellectually coherent argument. But "don't use Slack for FOSS projects because IRC is just as good" is not.