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Re:IRC.com Bought by London Trust Media, Pledges an IRC Revival by hueving on Friday June 22, 2018 @09:26PM (#17378895)
>about the only thing it has on the competitors is that it’s free.

It's more than 'free'. It's an open standard. You can write a slack client in your favorite language and it will continue to work for years.

Slack does not compete with that.

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Re:IRC.com Bought by London Trust Media, Pledges an IRC Revival by paulryanrogers on Friday June 22, 2018 @09:35PM (#17378921)
^"[IRC] client and it will work for years" ?
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