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by rekoros 4844 days ago
Hi, I'm the other LeChat founder. The issues with running an IRC server:

1. you still have to run it somewhere

2. you have to support it

3. there's no search (grepping through logs is not search)

4. you have to use screen/tmux to not miss anything

5. your CFO will probably never use it

I think there definitely is a need in a chat tool that is "easy" to use. Having said this, I think IRC is invaluable, just in a different context.