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Re:Ask HN: Are you put off building something because it alr... by atupis on Monday April 29, 2019 @12:49AM (#19775919)
Slack is centralized Irc clone with better UI.
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Re:Ask HN: Are you put off building something because it alr... by Wiretrip on Monday April 29, 2019 @07:11AM (#19777326)
'better UI' might be debatable... It is a bloated inefficient sack of kack that demands ~1GB RAM per channel! In fact, didn't the original developer label it thus and abandon the whole thing?
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Re:Ask HN: Are you put off building something because it alr... by synotna on Monday April 29, 2019 @01:09AM (#19775973)
And Dropbox is rsync, we know already
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Re:Ask HN: Are you put off building something because it alr... by AstralStorm on Monday April 29, 2019 @03:41AM (#19776550)
Both have GUI the original services did not.

And Google Talk/Allo/Jibe is Jabber and Asterisk with a fancy coat of paint.

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