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The only problem with IRC and many of the open protocols (XMPP too) is that there is no "one true IRC": so while you can get all the same features as Slack, you
by necovek 3y ago
The only problem with IRC and many of the open protocols (XMPP too) is that there is no "one true IRC": so while you can get all the same features as Slack, you've got to choose a particular server, a particular set of extensions (I am sure ChanServ/NickServ stuff eventually got "standardised" like DCC stuff did, but remember that DCC file sharing was direct-IP comms between clients), and on a specific client with the same set of features.
Slack and other tools are obviously inspired by IRC, but they do resolve a bunch of issues that IRC never got properly solved (or maybe did, but deploying it was too complex or it came too late).