@carbontwelve I guess they probably do keep the history anyway so that they can let you "unlock" it in the future by paying them. Using a bot would be an interesting idea for keeping the history around.

@carbontwelve If someone had a slack client that kept history and made it searchable via a web interface, does that kill the whole business model for slack? I wonder if this is why there is no longer the IRC/XMPP bridges.

@clacke I don't really mind light/dark but have specifically chosen a low contrast theme, zenburn. It is also mostly red/orange not blue taking inspiration from military plane cockpits. Your eyes are not so affected by red/orange and I've been a lot happier since switching from solarized even if it doesn't look quite so fun.

@mgdm People at C3 were asking about iOS clients. It looks like the demand isn't as great as for Android and there wasn't really a good option people had heard of.

@bortzmeyer I find FOSS usually encapsulates the message well enough for most people I speak to. Sometimes I have to explain the acronym but that's OK. It gives the oppertunity to explain the nuances and subtleties for software licensing. If open source means only access to those in industry, that is another argument for using FOSS. While it is an acronym it is more specific and leaves less room for ambiguity. Of course if industry overloads the acronym to mean something else there is trouble.

@bortzmeyer Without the context given from the FOSS acronym, I don't automatically get that it is open source from the statement that it is "free". I am a native speaker.

@bortzmeyer WinRAR is available for free and it is software.

@bortzmeyer I feel FOSS better represents the whole concept. Free software isn't necessarily open source. I think acronyms definitely have their place. If I had to spell out transmission control protocol/internet protocol every time I said it I would just never talk about it. Same for datagram packetisiation layer path maxiumum transmission unit discovery (DPLPMTUD).

@bortzmeyer What is wrong with FOSS?