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Everytime I see something about Slack i immediately think of SlackWare.

Especially since I always called Slackware 'Slack'

It's not just you, it's pretty much the standard semi-official shorthand for it.

and you are probably being downvoted for the kiddies that grew up with mac books pro that think it is beautiful to pay for an overpriced IRC server with a nice web interface. well, let me join a fellow slacker. let the downvotes rain :)

its more than irc. as written in the article it also has great search and file sharing.

what makes it for me is beeing able to read messages which have been sent when I was not offline (admitedly possible with a irc bouncer), and not having join and part messages the whole time.

you never used any modern irc server then.

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