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How so?

• encryptluks2 4y ago
  Because they are in the "extend" phase.
  • your_challenger 4y ago
    New Vector (the company behind Element) is building tools on the matrix protocol. And making a business out of it. Which is good. It shows the world tools that can be built on the matrix protocol. More people get involved and newer tools emerge.
    • tommiegannert 4y ago
      +1 for sustainable open source development. I think I've seen three paths: 1. The employee who has the blessing of the company to work on a side project during some work hours. 2. The developer who does contracting to keep a passion project afloat. 3. The developers who organize a company and try to invent business cases while keeping the core free and open. Out of these, I feel (3) has the most possibilities. E.g. ability to focus, or if you happen to stumble on a great contributor, you can offer them a job. I don't see how this could be worse than the alternatives.
  • jfkimmes 4y ago
    As far as I can see, they "embraced" their own protocol and now "extend" it by building open source products on top[1]. Would love to see Microsoft do that kind of "extend". :) [1] https://github.com/vector-im/chatterbox https://github.com/vector-im/chatterbox