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Fact: a lot of people think we're crazy for using the IRC protocol as core transport.

In the long run, it would probably make sense to add support for multiple protocols side-by-side. For example, why not have an XMPP group chat next to an IRC chat. That's what Sockethub is for after all. Could even be a Gitter channel or something other that is usually closed-source and centralized. And then we can choose which one offers the best performance and UX for Pro.

Also, as we're building Hyperchannel as componentized app from the start, integrating different transport protocols isn't difficult in regards to the UI integration.

If we add more, we should obviously also think about providing IRC gateways to those other ones, if possible.

== Notes ==

* http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html