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If it's necessary to build a better product then yes. Slack is on a track to dominate this space and make Basecamp irrelevant.
by lukasm 10y ago
If it's necessary to build a better product then yes. Slack is on a track to dominate this space and make Basecamp irrelevant.
- beat 10y agoIs it a better product, or a larger market? The quality of the product and the size of the market are two almost entirely separate things.
- lukasm 10y agoI don't understand what is your point. The questions was "Is it desirable?" It's not - it's a tradeoff. More employees create more complexity, but it could be the case that's sine qua non to get create the product and capture the market.
- dasil003 10y agoSlack is not in the same space as Basecamp, work tracking vs chat is a dramatically different use case. A more apt comparison would be Asana, but I'm not particularly worried about that either: there isn't really a one-size fits all approach for work tracking. I actually worry more about the future of Asana because they have those VC-fueled dreams and Facebook-cofounder-level expectations that mean anything less than a moonshot is a disappointment. With all those resources Asana can do a lot of things Basecamp can't, but there's no guarantee that can translate that all into the tremendous sustained growth they need to meet their goals.
- gnaritas 10y agoSlack is IRC, Basecamp is a project management app, they really aren't even in the same space. Slack will never make Basecamp irrelevant, they're not playing the same game and aren't in the same space.
- brianwawok 10y agoCampfire is Slack, no?
- gnaritas 10y agoThey're really no longer a product suite company, they renamed themselves Basecamp as that's their only real success and they've started selling off their other products.