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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by rw_grim on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:21PM (#39984950)
FWIW, Pidgin is still very much alive, we even had a release in February... Also not sure what "very open Pidgin" means as we're 100% GPLv2 but whatever.
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by heyoni on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:24PM (#39985707)
I haven’t used pidgin in years but does that Teams plugin really work? I’ve seen projects try to integrate it into matrix and drop off because it was too hard.
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by EionRobb on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @09:57PM (#39986231)
Works for me!

Although I'm the plugin's developer, so I may be a little biased :D

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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by rw_grim on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:42PM (#39985806)
It did last I knew, but I don't use teams so I don't know for certain.
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by heyoni on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:54PM (#39985884)
You are one lucky person and I envy you.
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by rw_grim on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @09:24PM (#39986056)
Yep it's a great place to be especially when the CEO from a company punches down on a volunteer project on the day that CEO sold their company for 125 Million USD... /s
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by heyoni on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @09:31PM (#39986099)
Haha sorry I meant lucky as in not having to use Teams.
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by rw_grim on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @10:04PM (#39986261)
Yeah I know, I was just using the opportunity to vent some frustration :)
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by Grustaf on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @01:52AM (#39987375)
Is 125 m the actual number? I would be surprised if they got more than 10.
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by rw_grim on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @01:53AM (#39987382)
That's what tech crunch and others are reporting https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/wordpress-com-owner-automa...
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by Grustaf on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:07AM (#39991543)
Wow, almost half of Automattic's annual revenue!
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by erohead on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @02:48AM (#39987679)
Grim, I apologize. I spoke too soon. I didn't mean to offend you or demean pidgin. I was reacting too harshly to the parent.
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Re:Beeper acquired by Automattic (WordPress) by rw_grim on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:06PM (#39998028)
Thank you for apologizing.
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