Whether you’re really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or wayland, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!

      • nicocool84@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        Matrix tries to kill XMPP but the reality is that if you want to self-host, XMPP is much less of a hassle. Also, Matrix is an open standard as in “pay big money to participate in the openness”. https://matrix.org/blog/2022/12/01/funding-matrix-via-the-matrix-org-foundation/

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        Individual memberships (i.e. today’s Patreon supporters):
            Ability to vote in the appointment of up to 2 ‘community representatives’ to the Foundation's governing board.
            Name on the Matrix.org website
        Silver member: between £2,000 and £80,000 per year, depending on organisation size
            Ability to vote on the appointment of up to 2 ‘Silver representative’ to the Foundation's governing board
            Supporter logo on the front page of the new Matrix.org website
        Gold member: £200,000 / year, adds:
            Ability to vote on the appointment of up to 3 ‘Gold representatives’ to the Foundation's governing board.
            Press release announcing the sponsorship
            1 original post on the Matrix.org blog per year
            Participation in the internal Spec Core Team room
            Larger logo on the front page of Matrix.org
        Platinum member: £500,000 / year, adds:
            Ability to vote on the appointment of up to 5 ‘platinum representatives’ to the Foundation's governing board.
            1 sponsored Matrix Live episode per year
            Largest logo on the front page of Matrix.org
        
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          7 months ago

          and nearly every client has something that’s half baked, and it’s funded by a shady UK nonprofit with links to israeli intelligence, and…

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        7 months ago

        Now when we have Matrix, we also need to deal with rescuing people from a NIH protocol designed around a property nobody needs.