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I'm not sure replacing Slack is as easy as you may think. If you have used their product, then you understand the amount of integrations and dependencies that b
by pmohun 7y ago
I'm not sure replacing Slack is as easy as you may think. If you have used their product, then you understand the amount of integrations and dependencies that become built into a team's workflow.
When your entire history of communications, way of tracking tickets, and document repository is stored in a desktop application, replacing Slack may not be as simple as switching to another messaging program.
Could you "replace Outlook" -- it's just an email client after all.
- maxxxxx 7y ago“Could you "replace Outlook" -- it's just an email client after all.” Absolutely. There is always pain in transitions but some are easier than others.
- freewilly1040 7y agoBut why would you? “Hey boss I’m going to take up a bunch of everyone’s time getting everyone on boarded and retrained, as well as doing a nontrivial data migration, because some hot new email client is marginally better”
- maxxxxx 7y agoAs almost always for cost reasons. What I am trying to say is that some things are more difficult to replace than others. Moving away from slack is doable. Moving away from Outlook is doable. Moving from 100000 Windows machines to Linux is harder. Moving away from SAP is really hard.