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		dwb on Nov 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives Where I work, before Slack, we had Campfire and only us developers bothered to sign up for it, get the client, etc. We switched to Slack and suddenly everyone was on it. UX matters so much. We don't have time to tend an IRC server and act as support for it. Slack lets the whole company sign up ultra-easily and get on board – there's simply no contest. I lament the passing of the age of new open protocols too, trust me, I really do. But IRC+ecosystem just isn't that good these days, and getting stuff done matters more.

ownagefool on Nov 2, 2015 [–]

I'd argue there's little reason one of the chat clones couldn't be backed by an IRC server and give us a similar experience.

steeef on Nov 2, 2015 | [–]

Sure, but getting there takes a lot of work, something that Slack already gives you out of the box.

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