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The question I have is why aren't industry leaders contributing to these specs? Why isn't Slack sending RFCs to improve IRC?

• aaronbrethorst 10y ago
  Why would they want to? Improving IRC does nothing to benefit Slack.
• api 10y ago
  There is no economic model to support free/open systems and standards. It's in nobody's best interest.
  • Touche 10y ago
    Slack's business is built on free/open standards, they don't exist without http and html. Asking them to contribute in their area of expertise is not asking a lot.
    • ams6110 10y ago
      Not just that, none of the current web economy exists without linux and gnu and other free/libre software.
• skywhopper 10y ago
  What benefit would it be to Slack to publish their protocols? Or to IRC to know about them? I think the chances are extremely slim that IRC could be improved by knowing how Slack works. Slack is not a technical marvel with mysterious underpinnings. It's a centralized chat service with a pretty interface, simple clients, and (the secret sauce that won them all the converts) seamless integrations with pretty much every other open or semi-open service out there.
  • Touche 10y ago
    IRC would benefit simply by having someone that's actually working to improve it. It doesn't matter if the improvements are superficial; humans are superficial, that stuff matter a lot.