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Re:Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications by Pxtl on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @11:39AM (#14088991)
Well, then we can all turn off our computers and go home, because something that "works" is obviously good enough and the entire software industry doesn't need to exist anymore. Most things we have today "work" but we're still improving on them because "good enough" isn't good enough.
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Re:Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications by coldpie on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @11:46AM (#14089107)
The question you're not asking is whether your replacement is better than the existing solutions. Slack isn't. It's closed source, proprietary, and tied to a third party's servers. I'm not going to tie my projects or company to that kind of anchor.
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Re:Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications by Pxtl on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @12:12PM (#14089476)
Absolutely. I completely agree that Slack brings too many problems to the table to be a replacement for IRC+Mailing lists.

I'm just saying that IRC+Mailing lists aren't good enough.

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Re:Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications by kuschku on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @11:41AM (#14089027)
Exactly, that’s why we evolve them (see ircv3.net), or try to reinvent them (see matrix.org), and don’t try to make a proprietary clone and sell it.
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