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Re:Pidgin working on implementation of Facebook Messenger pr... by ekianjo on Monday June 15, 2015 @03:44AM (#9718020)
> If Facebook wants to be accessed by popular client software

What I find the most funny is that Facebook is seen as a champion of Open-Source, then when it comes to this kind of things they very much take the walled-garden approach just like any other major company around.

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Re:Pidgin working on implementation of Facebook Messenger pr... by stephenr on Monday June 15, 2015 @03:54AM (#9718047)
> Facebook is seen as a champion of Open-Source

By who?

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Re:Pidgin working on implementation of Facebook Messenger pr... by drcross on Monday June 15, 2015 @05:00AM (#9718214)
For use in their data centre the parrent means.
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Re:Pidgin working on implementation of Facebook Messenger pr... by sneak on Monday June 15, 2015 @04:09AM (#9718081)
Well, to be fair, there is really only one company down there who is really and truly constructing a literal walled garden.

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