Re:Microsoft Bot Framework
by illumin8 on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @02:28PM
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Why the downvotes? The bots Microsoft demonstrated today are tied to the Skype client, which is a closed ecosystem. I'd much rather develop bots that are not locked into a closed ecosystem, and can function across any chat provider that supports XMPP.
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The BotBuilder is an Open source framework (https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder) to connect to Skype, Slack, Text, Office, Twitter and more.
Thanks for that additional information - I didn't realize this was meant to be more open. Slack support is welcome.
Re:Microsoft Bot Framework
by aalbertson on Thursday March 31, 2016 @02:08AM
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"Slack support is welcome"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't slack a closed ecosystem, akin to Skype?
I think he means open as in supporting more than one platform.
Re:Microsoft Bot Framework
by NetStrikeForce on Thursday March 31, 2016 @11:27AM
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I actually think he means "open" as in "not Microsoft" :)
Haven't had a chance to watch yet, was this integrating into consumer-grade Skype, or Office 365 Skype for business? The latter would be huge - I've been banging my head around the lack of openness there for years now, and at this point, anything would be an improvement on the crazy stuff I've been doing.
Both consumer Skype and Office365
"Why the downvotes?"
Dunno, but I winced at "in the bot space". I hate anything that smells of marketing/management speak. Going forward/we reached out... just use normal language like a normal person.