> although IRC is still common I am sad to see an open-source tech get replaced with a closed source one, but I am glad that the default IM system for talking

> although IRC is still common I am sad to see an open-source tech get replaced with a closed source one, but I am glad that the default IM system for talking about code is no longer one that prohibits multi-line comments. Considering the amount of skilled time and effort that good UX takes, I suppose closed-source was the most likely thing to happen.