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Why the downvotes? The bots Microsoft demonstrated today are tied to the Skype client, which is a closed ecosystem. I'd much rather develop bots that are not
by illumin8 11y ago
Why the downvotes? The bots Microsoft demonstrated today are tied to the Skype client, which is a closed ecosystem. I'd much rather develop bots that are not locked into a closed ecosystem, and can function across any chat provider that supports XMPP.
- manojlds 11y agoThe BotBuilder is an Open source framework (https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder) to connect to Skype, Slack, Text, Office, Twitter and more.
- illumin8 11y agoThanks for that additional information - I didn't realize this was meant to be more open. Slack support is welcome.
- aalbertson 11y ago"Slack support is welcome" Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't slack a closed ecosystem, akin to Skype?
- cloudhead 11y agoI think he means open as in supporting more than one platform.
- NetStrikeForce 11y agoI actually think he means "open" as in "not Microsoft" :)
- dave2000 11y ago"Why the downvotes?" Dunno, but I winced at "in the bot space". I hate anything that smells of marketing/management speak. Going forward/we reached out... just use normal language like a normal person.
- douche 11y agoHaven't had a chance to watch yet, was this integrating into consumer-grade Skype, or Office 365 Skype for business? The latter would be huge - I've been banging my head around the lack of openness there for years now, and at this point, anything would be an improvement on the crazy stuff I've been doing.
- useerup 11y agoBoth consumer Skype and Office365