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I view this like much of the rest of communications software (or even software in general). Over time, it tends to go to zero. It can be useful to compare it to
by wyattk 9y ago
I view this like much of the rest of communications software (or even software in general). Over time, it tends to go to zero. It can be useful to compare it to video services or even personal messaging. In personal messaging, you have an insane amount of services like Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, GroupMe, Allo, Hangouts, iMessage, Signal, etc...
I could see something similar to Slack as a free, open source project. It could possibly develop out of something like Signal [https://signal.org/ https://signal.org/]. Making and supporting an open source solution can be a viable business too (e.g. CoreOS, Docker). I doubt that it would kill Slack either. It should be interesting to watch, and will benefit the end users as a whole through an improved Slack and/or a similar free option.
- hkjayakumar 9y agoMattermost[1] is an existing open-source[2] Slack alternative. [1] https://about.mattermost.com/ https://about.mattermost.com/ [2] https://github.com/mattermost https://github.com/mattermost
- locusofself 9y agoI have a few dozen mattermost deployments I maintain. It's great.
- darksim905 9y agoExcept they don't have an app you can install on your phone/desktop/laptop, last I checked. If I could also join a 'Mattermost' team from the Slack app so everything is centralized, I'd be happy as fuck.
- vith 9y agoLooks like they do: https://about.mattermost.com/download/#mattermostApps https://about.mattermost.com/download/#mattermostApps
- darksim905 9y agothis is neat! thanks, this wasn't a thing a year or so ago. Now if only I can figure out if I can add Slack teams without fucker or the reverse.