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by outofpaper 596 days ago
This is why I always say we need to create federated and open source solutions. At the minimum we need apps that are not locked down to SaaS providers.
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warkdarrior 596 days ago
Are there any federated and open source solutions from 2002 that are still running today?
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haileys 596 days ago
email, IRC, BitTorrent, DNS, BGP
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buescher 596 days ago
All but one (arguably two) of those predate the web, incidentally.
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warkdarrior 596 days ago
I’m a bit lost here. How does one implement this PlantStudio software in email (or the other communication protocols you mentioned)?
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stavros 595 days ago
You don't, but that wasn't the question.
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