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Really believe that Microsoft should have bought Slack. It makes perfect sense for them and aligns with their vision to be the productivity center of everyone's

Really believe that Microsoft should have bought Slack. It makes perfect sense for them and aligns with their vision to be the productivity center of everyone's workflow. Microsoft doesnt understand this space at all. Look what they are doing to Skype by making it more like Snapchat when their main use case is business related. Teams also feels so unfinished.

jmspring 9y ago
Don't generalize the company products with the company teams. I don't have an opinion on your comments on Skype. Teams is a competitor and tied to Active Directory. But many employees are involved in slack channels across Microsoft based, open sourced based, and other channels daily. Slack/Teams/etc are tools. Real work will find the right tools and the right people and the right working model.
ux-app 9y ago
>Look what they are doing to Skype by making it more like Snapchat Yes I was definitely thrown for a loop with the new Skype that auto-installed on my phone. I'm a boring 37 year old developer that needs skype for business calls, why the hell does it now look like some teenager's social app?
- maitrik 9y ago
  Exactly. Way to abandon most of older folks who actually purchase Skype credits. PS. ux-app looks interesting. I can give some feed back as a designer if you want.
  - ux-app 9y ago
    > PS. ux-app looks interesting. I can give some feed back as a designer if you want. Thanks :) and yes, I'd love to hear your feedback, me email is eli@ux-app.com
taurath 9y ago
Skypes main use case isn't business related, and you can tell because they still use freaking Lync on macs
- Nothorized 9y ago
  They also still use Lync on Windows, but it is unusable. Most of the teams in the company I am working for right now are either using Slack or Hipchat.
- vertex-four 9y ago
  Skype for Business is Lync, and has little to do with Skype proper.
TorKlingberg 9y ago
Microsoft buying Slack doesn't make sense to me, unless they buy it just to shut it down. MS already has Skype for Business (Lync) which is doing really well in more traditional companies. Their business strategy is all about integrating everything with all the other Microsoft products: Office, Outlook, Windows, Exchange, etc. Slack is completely stand-alone with an open API.
noway421 9y ago
> Skype by making it more like Snapchat when their main use case is business related Yes! Went downhill straight after the Metro/flat UI change.
nerdwaller 9y ago
One thing I don't get is Microsoft Teams, which seems to be their closest Slack competitor, while they also have Skype and Lync.
- dexterdog 9y ago
  MS is just following google's lead
nerfhammer 9y ago
Don't they already own Yammer?
- latencyloser 9y ago
  Yes, they do.
toddmorey 9y ago
Microsoft is all over the map with collaboration apps—I can't really figure out where their head is at. They have Outlook Groups, GigJam, Teams (their new Slack clone), Sharepoint, and Yammer.
hans 9y ago
thankfully they did not, would've killed slack imo
beambot 9y ago
Salesforce, Oracle, or IBM would make more sense to me...

jmspring 9y ago

Don't generalize the company products with the company teams. I don't have an opinion on your comments on Skype. Teams is a competitor and tied to Active Directory. But many employees are involved in slack channels across Microsoft based, open sourced based, and other channels daily. Slack/Teams/etc are tools. Real work will find the right tools and the right people and the right working model.

ux-app 9y ago

>Look what they are doing to Skype by making it more like Snapchat Yes I was definitely thrown for a loop with the new Skype that auto-installed on my phone. I'm a boring 37 year old developer that needs skype for business calls, why the hell does it now look like some teenager's social app?

maitrik 9y ago
Exactly. Way to abandon most of older folks who actually purchase Skype credits. PS. ux-app looks interesting. I can give some feed back as a designer if you want.
- ux-app 9y ago
  > PS. ux-app looks interesting. I can give some feed back as a designer if you want. Thanks :) and yes, I'd love to hear your feedback, me email is eli@ux-app.com

taurath 9y ago

Skypes main use case isn't business related, and you can tell because they still use freaking Lync on macs

Nothorized 9y ago
They also still use Lync on Windows, but it is unusable. Most of the teams in the company I am working for right now are either using Slack or Hipchat.
vertex-four 9y ago
Skype for Business is Lync, and has little to do with Skype proper.

TorKlingberg 9y ago

Microsoft buying Slack doesn't make sense to me, unless they buy it just to shut it down. MS already has Skype for Business (Lync) which is doing really well in more traditional companies. Their business strategy is all about integrating everything with all the other Microsoft products: Office, Outlook, Windows, Exchange, etc. Slack is completely stand-alone with an open API.

noway421 9y ago

> Skype by making it more like Snapchat when their main use case is business related Yes! Went downhill straight after the Metro/flat UI change.

nerdwaller 9y ago

One thing I don't get is Microsoft Teams, which seems to be their closest Slack competitor, while they also have Skype and Lync.

dexterdog 9y ago
MS is just following google's lead

nerfhammer 9y ago

Don't they already own Yammer?

latencyloser 9y ago
Yes, they do.

toddmorey 9y ago

Microsoft is all over the map with collaboration apps—I can't really figure out where their head is at. They have Outlook Groups, GigJam, Teams (their new Slack clone), Sharepoint, and Yammer.

hans 9y ago

thankfully they did not, would've killed slack imo

beambot 9y ago

Salesforce, Oracle, or IBM would make more sense to me...