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I wonder how this plays in tech, slack is backed by Saudis for instance, and that’s a reason why we never started using it, despite a lot of young developers li
by eksemplar 8y ago
I wonder how this plays in tech, slack is backed by Saudis for instance, and that’s a reason why we never started using it, despite a lot of young developers liking it.
Of course we’re the public sector, so we probably see more political motivations in our choices of tech, but I think it is interesting when your investors become a liability.
- Fnoord 8y agoDo you have a source that Slack is backed by Saudis? I find Slack worrisome since all data is centralised and can be read by Slack. And we do that for discussion of development no less! Such discussion should be held in private. Its questionable whether management of a company should be able to read such a papertrail (there are pros and cons) but I don't see pros for a third party reading such. Especially not such massive amount.
- ChanderG 8y agohttps://www.recode.net/2017/9/18/16317902/uber-softbank-vision-fund-big-investment-saudi-arab-emirates-apple-qualcomm-sharp https://www.recode.net/2017/9/18/16317902/uber-softbank-visi... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-softbank-shares/softbank-shares-fall-55-percent-as-saudi-ties-cause-concern-idUSKCN1MP05F https://www.reuters.com/article/us-softbank-shares/softbank-...