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Re:Mozilla is giving up on their IRC server by steveklabnik on Sunday April 28, 2019 @09:37AM (#19771092)
I don’t know anything about their ownership, but I also don’t think you’re actually asking that question.
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Re:Mozilla is giving up on their IRC server by naiveai on Sunday April 28, 2019 @11:48PM (#19775696)
Sure, it may be a bad-faith question, but I think the point still stands. IRC, as an open communications protocol, will always, always, always be better than private companies with the potential to be controlled by anything. Richard Stallman would be rolling in his grave.
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Re:Mozilla is giving up on their IRC server by bopbop on Monday April 29, 2019 @08:22AM (#19777629)
Christ, you scared me there. Stallman is not dead.
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Re:Mozilla is giving up on their IRC server by naiveai on Monday April 29, 2019 @01:15PM (#19780345)
He's pretty old, I was making a statement about the future. Bit sloppy nevertheless.
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