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The power of slack isn't in their technology, it's in their marketing. There have been a thousand IRC clones. Few have gained any traction at all. I suspect
by Steeeve 9y ago
The power of slack isn't in their technology, it's in their marketing. There have been a thousand IRC clones. Few have gained any traction at all. I suspect under new management it will falter, but at the same time I also think that it's a terrible idea not to sell if the opportunity arises.
- dangero 9y agoThat and they have a lot of integrations which means it's hard for people to switch to something else other than slack because they will lose their plugins.
- romanovcode 9y ago> The power of slack isn't in their technology, it's in their marketing. Exactly, because their technology is complete crap.
- Eridrus 9y agoI haven't used Slack in a while, but if they got Search working well, that would be a real differentiator. I've seen them hiring quite a bit on that front too.