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		there on Sept 21, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who wrote Linux Kernel 2.6.20? i'm sure many startups rely on open-source projects that they don't bother mentioning. while i wouldn't call it nothing, libpurple is just a c library for abstracting IM protocols. there's still a lot of other work to be done to turn that into a fully scaled web service.

ciupicri on Sept 22, 2009 [–]

A lot of work was invested in libpurple too in order to implement (reliably) all the protocols.

GeneralMaximus on Sept 22, 2009 | [–]

Not to mention the fact that many of those protocols had to be reverse engineered.

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