Both mattermost and Rocket.chat are self-hosted, who is going to setup/host/maintain the service? And what is the long term viability of the person who chooses to do that?
Atleast with slack there is a migration path to mattermost, if/when we outgrow the free tier. On 19/02/16 13:14, Leo Francisco wrote: >> There are open source alternatives that may be worth exploring >> MatterMost and RocketChat. There's so much hype around Slack atm, not >> sure what the long term viability of it is. It's basically fancy modern >> proprietary IRC. >> >> I would always be more enthused by an open source solution for the usual >> reasons. >> >> All the best >> Leo >> >> >> >> On 19/02/16 03:55, Tim wrote: >>> On 18/02/16 00:24, Narcis Garcia wrote: >>>> I don't find server software license information. >>>> Is it a tool* or is it a service? >>> It is a proprietry service, and it is also rather expensive unless you >>> forego complete project archives. There is a 10k message limit on the >>> free plan. >>>> "Teams who put robots on Mars" use free software (FLOSS). >>>> >>>> (*) Ubuntu's package "slack" is not related to slack.com >>>> >>>> >>>> El 17/02/16 a les 12:23, Ali/amjjawad ha escrit: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I've been thinking about this for sometime now. I think I'll give it a >>>>> try and ask you to read this email carefully, think about it wisely and >>>>> then tell me what do you think: >>>>> >>>>> https://slack.com/ >>>>> >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivn5jfKE_5M >>>>> >>>>> DO NOT hit reply without checking the above links, please :) >>>>> >>>>> Before this moment, I was defending Launchpad and Ubuntu Mailing Lists >>>>> blindly and extremely. However, after using Slack for 30 mins, you'll >>>>> understand why I am suggesting it, NOT to replace anything but an added >>>>> platform for better communications and less headache. >>>>> >>>>> I've been using it for 5-6 months now and it's beyond amazing! >>>>> >>>>> Don't be strict like I used to be. The world is changing and we always >>>>> need to re-consider our options, right? >>>>> >>>>> Slack is really powerful and very useful platform :) >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> > > -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
