[Qgis-psc] Chat unification

[Anita Graser]

On Nov 8, 2015 10:29 AM, "Sandro Santilli" <strk at keybit.net> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 08, 2015 at 09:35:21AM +0000, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> > Oh we can just host something like rocketchat which is open but not old
> > school like IRC
>
> Sorry but... what's does "old school" mean exactly ?

I think what feels old school today is the lack of a friendly web chat
client (I.e. no local installation necessary) which non technical people
would be comfortable using.

Best wishes
Anita

> IRC is a _protocol_, an open standard, like HTTP or SMTP.
> There can be how many clients (and servers) you want for IRC,
> like web browsers for HTTP or mail agents and servers for SMTP.
>
> What are we talking about here ? Are you finding no "comfortable"
> IRC client for your operating systems ? Or is it a problem at
> the protocol level ?
>
> I've tried using gitter via my IRC client, but it failed big time,
> loosing messages without notifying me about it and using my login
> credentials to send unsolicited notifications. Why would you want
> to use a software which is both proprietary and bogus ?
>
> --strk;
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