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Hangouts is "okay" at best. I continue to be amazed that companies like Microsoft and Google are so bad at instant messaging that upstarts like Slack can eat t
by ryandvm 11y ago
Hangouts is "okay" at best.
I continue to be amazed that companies like Microsoft and Google are so bad at instant messaging that upstarts like Slack can eat their lunch with essentially hosted IRC and a pretty client.
- justlurkin 11y agoI for one wish Slack was the new standard messaging app for everything and everyone.
- pbreit 11y agoAt $5/person/month I don't think so.
- justlurkin 11y agoI just like the way it works, it doesn't have to be Slack specifically.
- seanp2k2 11y agoDefiantly not any better than Skype from 10 years ago or MSN messenger video calling. "Progress!"
- robbrit 11y agoNot so much an "upstart like Slack", more like "a giant pool of upstarts, the best of which happens to be Slack." When looking at it like this, it's easy to see why Microsoft and Google (or any big company for that matter) has trouble competing.
- enraged_camel 11y agoYou continue to be amazed? Really? Companies that specialize in one thing will always trump those who have to spread their efforts along many areas. It's the difference between depth and breadth.