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Not even for companies, IRC IMO would be much better, the only issue is, as always, you need someone responsible for the infrastructure: ...

Not even for companies, IRC IMO would be much better, the only issue is, as always, you need someone responsible for the infrastructure: not only servers, but scripting for Jira/Dropbox/NameYourCurrentTrendyPlatform integration. -No single point of failure. -No dependency on a different company for a vital points of your business. -No private info stored on a 3rd party system, in a different state and potentially a different country (legal nightmare to ask for damages). -Distributed system. Local servers give lower lag for multisite companies, internet access outage means netsplit, not inability to communicate. -Already existing indexing and searching features if desired. -Many bots to automate/notify/interact with insane amounts of stuff. -Thousands of IRC clients, with enormous customizing features, for every conceivable platform, that do as much and even more than all these "this is how communication should be" solutions. -Bridging IRC to XMPP/Sametime/etc plugins/apps to interoperate with other companies. I can sort of understand Slack for a small company, but if you have your own server infrastructure, no, I can't.

Posted by Uberphallus on Mar 25, 2015, 9:07 AM

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Not even for companies, IRC IMO would be much better, the only issue is, as always, you need someone responsible for the infrastructure: ...

UberphallusMar 25, 2015, 9:07 AM

Not even for companies, IRC IMO would be much better, the only issue is, as always, you need someone responsible for the infrastructure: not only servers, but scripting for Jira/Dropbox/NameYourCurrentTrendyPlatform integration. -No single point of failure. -No dependency on a different company for a vital points of your business. -No private info stored on a 3rd party system, in a different state and potentially a different country (legal nightmare to ask for damages). -Distributed system. Local servers give lower lag for multisite companies, internet access outage means netsplit, not inability to communicate. -Already existing indexing and searching features if desired. -Many bots to automate/notify/interact with insane amounts of stuff. -Thousands of IRC clients, with enormous customizing features, for every conceivable platform, that do as much and even more than all these "this is how communication should be" solutions. -Bridging IRC to XMPP/Sametime/etc plugins/apps to interoperate with other companies. I can sort of understand Slack for a small company, but if you have your own server infrastructure, no, I can't.

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