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Re:Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks by cvos on Friday February 28, 2014 @10:50PM (#7323029)
They likely want to become a standalone messaging app in the hopes of an acquisition as messaging apps seem to be mimicking the Search Engine wars of 1999.

Does anyone have recommendations for a good multi chat app replacement besides trillian?

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Re:Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks by pipeep on Friday February 28, 2014 @11:47PM (#7323128)
> Does anyone have recommendations for a good multi chat app replacement besides trillian?

Pidgin (Win/Linux), Empathy (Linux), Adium (OS X), or Finch (Console-based, on Linux/OS X).

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Re:Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks by marlin on Saturday March 01, 2014 @04:36AM (#7323768)
Miranda IM, http://www.miranda-im.org/ Its windows only but runs in Wine on OSX and Linux
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Re:Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks by Perdition on Friday February 28, 2014 @11:51PM (#7323140)
Which is funny because there was a messaging client war in the late '90's as well.

I'm waiting for someone to reinvent IRC for smart phones.

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Re:Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks by LordLandon on Saturday March 01, 2014 @04:54AM (#7323795)
https://slack.com/
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Re:Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks by smkelly on Saturday March 01, 2014 @12:15AM (#7323209)
irccloud.com,
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Re:Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks by gwern on Friday February 28, 2014 @11:01PM (#7323052)
The timing certainly is striking.
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Re:Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks by 51Cards on Friday February 28, 2014 @11:27PM (#7323092)
Agreed, a very good point there.
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