Right. Think of Slack as a really well configured IRC server, except you don&#x27;t have to manage it at all, and it&#x27;s front-end UI is much more modern (and better); integrated file uploading, inline media, integrations with everything under the sun, etc. None of it is impossible in IRC, it&#x27;s just _easier_ in Slack because it&#x27;s out of the box like that.<p>And, most importantly: I don&#x27;t have to manage the damned server ;)