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Use protocols that are public domain and not some proprietary shit. IRC, E-Mail and Websites: They will remain long after Slack, Facebook and others are gone.
by hit8run 8y ago
Use protocols that are public domain and not some proprietary shit. IRC, E-Mail and Websites: They will remain long after Slack, Facebook and others are gone.
- jkepler 8y agoMattermost, anyone? Its a libre Slack replacement, with additional functionalities.
- ZeroCool2u 8y agoWe have Mattermost at work, a very traditional Skype For Business kinda place, and it's awesome!
- baroffoos 8y agoMatrix is another great replacement. The devs also offer dedicated hosting for a much cheaper per user cost than slack.
- mikenew 8y agoI've been hosting a home Matrix server for around 6 months now and bridging my other services (hangouts, iMessage, SMS, and Slack) into it. As I slowly migrate away from those services I'll shut them down. It is not perfect, particularly if you're using encryption, but everything I've had complaints about seems to be slowly but surely getting dealt with, and at this point it's actually a pretty solid experience with only a few bumps. In fact the thought of going back to having different applications, UIs, and devices to access my various communication channels seems ridiculous.
- paulie_a 8y agoI really don't understand why slack is so popular. It's just irc, if you have a devops person they can stand that up over lunch, and send out the email to "hey download this app"
- sk5t 8y agoAnd Dropbox is trivially replaceable with rsync, yes?
- paulie_a 8y agoI am not familiar with the state of rsync apps on Android and iOS. But for irc, yes it would easily replace slack.
- nrb 8y agoChat bots & integrations...
- yellowapple 8y agoBoth of which exist in droves for IRC (hell, even Slack at one point had an IRC integration).