Except it's not an article about how amazing Slack is. It's an article on Slack's founder - Stewart. You're coming at the "value add" from a very technical per

Except it's not an article about how amazing Slack is. It's an article on Slack's founder - Stewart. You're coming at the "value add" from a very technical perspective. Which is fine, but it doesn't add weight to the argument. Do you think that a significant percentage of Slacks user base even really know it's based on IRC? Not too many of them are firing up irssi, pining for a better web based IRC client. Indeed irccloud has been around longer than slack and has nowhere near the adoption. The product is solid. The brand is great. Nobody* gives a shit about the protocol sitting behind the glossy surface. *Nobody meaning a significant percentage of paying customers.