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they're two different use cases (for us anyway). we use quip instead of google docs, slack for everything else.
by bigdubs 11y ago
they're two different use cases (for us anyway). we use quip instead of google docs, slack for everything else.
- pavlov 11y agoI guess my question is, why use Slack at all when you have Quip? Quip has chatrooms that work like Slack (or IRC, or any other group chat in the history of the Internet).
- revorad 11y agoI guess because most conversations are not about documents?
- pavlov 11y agoBut Quip's chat rooms are just that. They don't have any forced relation to the documents, and can be set up just like Slack (as far as I can see). So what's the different use case?
- revorad 11y agoOh ok, I didn't know that. I tried Quip when it first came out. Anyway, even if functionally they are similar, the Slack ecosystem is too strong now.
- pavlov 11y agoMaybe... Sometimes the initially strong ecosystem doesn't end up being the winning one. Apple had a huge headstart in GUI desktops but Microsoft nearly trounced them. (I don't see Quip having such an advantage -- although Quip seems like a perfect fit for Microsoft's product portfolio... Hmm...)
- rokhayakebe 11y agoOh ok, I didn't know that. Positioning can definitely hurt a product.