There's a lot of standards out there. Open is better than closed, and standard is better than ad hoc, yes...but that doesn't mean XMPP is automatically the bes

There's a lot of standards out there. Open is better than closed, and standard is better than ad hoc, yes...but that doesn't mean XMPP is automatically the best solution. I'd honestly be more interested in seeing Mattermost try and write a really solid solution, and then work to standardise their protocol.