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> Another option would be for "best of breed" companies to team up to offer package deals. That's a great idea, and I can't imagine why I haven't seen it in a
by jszymborski 9y ago
> Another option would be for "best of breed" companies to team up to offer package deals.
That's a great idea, and I can't imagine why I haven't seen it in a meaningful way. I'd be very much on board to buy a "web office" bundle with Dropbox/Slack/Github/Trello or something like that if it meant upwards of a 15% discount.
It's obviously easier to make a personal budget for one re-occuring SaaS bill than 6 $5-10/mo SaaS bills.
Another obvious advantage is that a lot of these little folk have common enemies with MS/Google/Amazon, and this is a great way for them to achieve similar lock-in with almost zero investment.
Finally, Dropbox/Slack/GitHub/etc... all have awesome integrations that either already exist in each-others products or are super easy to implement.
I have a vague feeling there was a lesson about this in In Search of Stupidity [0], but I can't be sure.
[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1191767.In_Search_of_Stupidity https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1191767.In_Search_of_Stu...