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I think there's a good chance Wave could have been Slack, if the team had focused on businesses instead of consumers. But at the time Google wasn't culturally s
by jefftk 7y ago
I think there's a good chance Wave could have been Slack, if the team had focused on businesses instead of consumers. But at the time Google wasn't culturally set up for that kind of business, and gave up on Wave instead.
(Disclosure: I work for Google)
- jaimex2 7y agoYeah, when Hipchat and Slack became things I remember thinking - wow, Wave was perfect for this. Google's loss for killing products. They've slowly made a reputation for themselves where no one bother's trying anything new Google makes because its not going to stick around.
- threw4234324 7y agoI know right ? Slack is horrible for archiving (and the bloat, OMG the bloat); Wave being more integrated could've had an advantage here.
- p_l 7y agoMy number one memory of Wave is the incredible, outstanding, astonishing amounts of bloat. When you hit "oh god, this is actually bloated as hell" in Slack, it's way after you're hooked and can't switch.