[olug] Slightly off topic: Ansible

Sat Nov 4 23:56:06 CDT 2017

Slack has an API that is also very easy to integrate with so a lot of
business tools and automation can me hooked to it. It really is irc for the
non nerd.  But has a lot of benefits that causes them to get hookedm

On Nov 1, 2017 10:31 AM, "aric at omahax.com" <aric at omahax.com> wrote:

> Just commenting on the IRC vs Slack debate.
> Out of principle, I'd prefer to use a protocol and some code for
> communication instead of using someone elses computer that is running a
> proprietary service.  ............I don't miss the AIM/Yahoo/IQC/MSN
> Trillian aggregated chatroom messenger cluster mess.
> What would be nice would be an open-source decentralized version of Slack
> with end to end encryption. I don't think it would be too hard to do, all
> the parts are there. ........kiss the skynet
>
> ------ Original message------From: Tony GiesDate: Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:16
> AMTo: Omaha Linux User Group;Cc: Subject:Re: [olug] Slightly off topic:
> Ansible
> What Jay said. If you like IRC, you can basically squint and pretend
> it's IRC, or actually use the IRC bridge to log in. But it also has
> the large sans serif type, colorful layouts, and emojis that your non
> technical staff need in order to feel comfortable, and enables the
> early-20-somethings who only communicate in animated GIFs of
> characters from TV shows to do so. The main downside is that the
> official client is just a web app that you either need to keep a
> browser window for, or download their "desktop app" which is done in
> Electron meaning it hosts an entire separate Chromium browser itself
> and eats up an absolute crapton of RAM just sitting there, and still
> is essentially just a thin client to the same web app.
>
>
> Tony Gies
> Technical Projects Director
> gruppe86 | IT Consulting, Software Development, Systems Integration
>
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> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Jay Bendon  wrote:
> > Not to mention most business these days use slack as real time internal
> > communications from CEO to sales to engineering.  Sales people usually
> > don't get excited about setting up IRC.
> >
> > --Jay
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Ben Watson  wrote:
> >
> >> Slack workspaces like these (e.g. ansible-users) are free (for now) the
> >> caveat being that you cannot search your message history past 10K
> >> messages.  If you want that feature (and others), then you have to pay.
> >>
> >> I've been an IRC user for a long time and share your sentiment of "geez,
> >> yet another chat client", however, I have come to appreciate Slack's
> >> "batteries included integrations" and consistent UI across thick/thin
> apps
> >> on desktop and mobile platforms.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Kevin  wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm with Rob. Don't see what's wrong with IRC as a protocol. While the
> >> old
> >> > clients may not be as user-friendly as Slack may or may not be(haven't
> >> used
> >> > it myself), newer clients can implement various IRC commands, such as
> >> > listing/joining/leaving channels, connecting to servers, etc in
> whatever
> >> > user-friendly/Apple-esque fashion they like.
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 2:15 AM, Jay Bendon  wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > You can connect to slack via your favorite IRC client.
> >> > > https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201727913-Connect-
> >> > > to-Slack-over-IRC-and-XMPP
> >> > >
> >> > > --Jay
> >> > >
> >> > > On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Rob Townley
> >> > > wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Dan, appreciate your effort here and like Ansible.
> >> > > > i grudgingly joined because i do not see what is wrong with IRC.
> >> > Slack
> >> > > is
> >> > > > not open source.  Slack costs money. yada yada...
> >> > > > Does one have to pay to start a channel like this?
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 10:02 PM, Ben Watson
> >> > > wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > Thanks for making this.  Look forward to some interesting chats
> and
> >> > > > sharing
> >> > > > > knowledge.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Dan Linder  wrote:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > > It's not a good day for me and remembering URLs in emails...
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > https://join.slack.com/t/ansible-users/shared_invite/
> >> > > > > > enQtMjQ3NjY5MjUzMzQ0LWVkYTgwMjU2ZTFkMGRkMDA1NWE0OWRlMjRiYjQ1
> >> > > > > > YjQ0N2RkNjk3N2QxMDkwOTViNzdiNTVlOWE5YWE4YmVjMzY
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Dan
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Justin Reiners <
> >> > > justin at hotlinesinc.com
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > > wrote:
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > It looks like I might need an invite
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Dan Linder
> >> > wrote:
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > For anyone who's using Ansible and wants to ask questions
> or
> >> > have
> >> > > > > > general
> >> > > > > > > > discussions around it, I've setup a Slack room:
> >> > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > https://ansible-users.slack.com/
> >> > > > > > > >
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