<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small">Matrix seems one of the most open systems: protocol seems documented and the clients and servers are open source on github.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small">So I would not put it in the same equivalence class. I was under impression that the goal was to avoid being pulled into one of these commercial services with proprietary servers, which take more than the extra value they offer?<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small">  Viktor<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 6:53 PM Makarius <<a href="mailto:makarius@sketis.net">makarius@sketis.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 12/01/2020 17:15, Viktor Kuncak wrote:<br>
> Does anyone have experience with Matrix?<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://matrix.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://matrix.org/</a><br>
> <a href="https://matrix.org/clients/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://matrix.org/clients/</a><br>
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It is part of this equivalence class (together with Zulip):<br>
<a href="https://alternativeto.net/software/slack" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://alternativeto.net/software/slack</a><br>
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My general impression from a distance: more entertainment and cool toys,<br>
rather than useful communication infrastructure.<br>
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        Makarius<br>
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