privsecfoss@feddit.dk to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · edit-21 year agoIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?privsecfoss@feddit.dk to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · edit-21 year agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
I’ll start: RSS and blogs, news vs. social media XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc. Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYou forgot the biggest most originalist one of all. Email.
minus-squareprivsecfoss@feddit.dkOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoYes, often overlooked. And, I hear, almost impossible to selfhost these days without a degree in CS, because “we block all non big tech e-mail providers”.
minus-squaremim@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoProbably even with a CS degree. It’s just a hassle to maintain, and too mission critical to have it go down. I wonder if the same won’t happen with the fediverse, if we let some instances get too large.
You forgot the biggest most originalist one of all. Email.
Yes, often overlooked. And, I hear, almost impossible to selfhost these days without a degree in CS, because “we block all non big tech e-mail providers”.
Probably even with a CS degree.
It’s just a hassle to maintain, and too mission critical to have it go down.
I wonder if the same won’t happen with the fediverse, if we let some instances get too large.