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Bait and switch is a bit harsh, I guess most of their users don't use IRC and it's a huge waste of resource and time for them. Even Open Source projects drop su
by patrickaljord 9y ago
Bait and switch is a bit harsh, I guess most of their users don't use IRC and it's a huge waste of resource and time for them. Even Open Source projects drop support for old tech like debian dropped support for old SPARC architecture in 2015. Of course the difference is that with Open Source anyone can pick up where they left but that's an issue with any proprietary/close source software and it's a risk one takes when going with a solution such as Slack.
- jsilence 9y agoIRC is an acronym for "IRC is not dead"
- patrickaljord 9y agoAnyone can explain why I'm being so downvoted here? Is anything I stated wrong or offensive or something? Genuinely curious.
- crispyporkbites 9y agoSee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
- patrickaljord 9y agoThey never embraced IRC, they just had a gateway for people still using it. This would be valid if Slack's protocol was based on IRC and they later extended it and made it incompatible with IRC. This is not the case here.