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I'm really happy for @leah and that pivot. I've used convore a lot but was also wondering where they'd make money. Grove.io is a sweet spot for me as I'm a big
by phzbOx 15y ago
I'm really happy for @leah and that pivot. I've used convore a lot but was also wondering where they'd make money. Grove.io is a sweet spot for me as I'm a big fan of IRC and I believe lots of programmers are. Still, I find it somewhat risky.
Programmers are used to configure and hack their way up.. I'd be afraid to ask them to pay for a service that they could quickly "apt-get" on their vps. (I'm exaggerating a little, but you get the point). I mean, for a really small team, just go on freenode and get a channel. (It's obviously free). And for a bigger company, it's worth spending 1-2 hours for that.
I think a free version for small teams would be great. But then, if you can charge for it, why not? :)
Anyhow, I've already offered my help (I'm mostly a django/python dev) but if you need another spare-time contractor feel free to contact me.
(Just wanted to say that mIRC is where I first learned to code.. and this is where I've learned socket, dialogs, etc. I remember, I coded a web server in mIRC to which I'd connect using a client inside mIRC (in @windows).. and I coded the server bot. It was fun time, I miss it.)