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From: Mike DePaulo <mikedep333 AT gmail DOT com>
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On 08/29/2015 02:25 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Mike DePaulo!
> 
>> Compare XChat to OpenOffice: https://lwn.net/Articles/654776/ 
>> XChat is an important part of open source history, but that is
>> also what it is at this point in time.
> 
> https://lwn.net/Articles/655022/ That's a more correct link. LO was
> always a rip-off, and they dare claim they are "better". All this
> bitching is actually counterproductive and harmful to the
> community.

Sorry, I am not very knowledgeable on LO vs OO. I assumed that
Christian Schaller's judgment was correct.

But I am very knowledgeable about HexChat vs XChat. And I am confident
that HexChat has a future, while XChat does not.

- -Mike
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