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"Congratulations to Slack on its exit" I say as I forgot they are post-IPO. I always thought it strange how big Slack got to begin with. History will probably
by madrox 6y ago
"Congratulations to Slack on its exit" I say as I forgot they are post-IPO.
I always thought it strange how big Slack got to begin with. History will probably remember its ultimate accomplishment was getting lots of companies to switch from direct-message communication to chat rooms. However, that was probably inevitable as an internet savvy generation took over more companies, and Slack was simply well-timed. It's not like the product was light years ahead of its myriad of competitors. It had a little better design and had friendly corporate terms.
Which is good news. If Salesforce really does ruin Slack, I have no doubt someone will swoop into the space just as quickly as they did.
- J5892 6y agoIf they fuck up Slack, everyone will move to MS Teams. That is, unless some start-up dreams up some kind of revolutionary paradigm shift in how people communicate online. Maybe something in the AR space ~10 years from now.
- ryanSrich 6y agoWhat about Mac users though? I can’t imagine using a Microsoft product in any capacity that isn’t entirely separate from Microsoft - meaning GitHub and VSCode. Teams feels entirely too tied to MSFT. The UI seems unbearable.
- 0xffff2 6y agoI use Teams on my Linux workstation every day, entirely through the web site running in Chrome (organization-specific IT peculiarities prevent the "native" app from working on our Linux). It works just as well as Slack ever has for me. There are plenty of Mac users in my org too, but I don't know if they use an app or the web site.
- midasz 6y agoTeams videochat works flawlessly on my linux worklaptop as well (native though), I get disconnected from video calls a lot using Slack... If Teams fixes their chatroom issue I'd definitely be willing to make the switch entirely.
- Axsuul 6y agoRemember that MS Teams forced themselves into the market by pushing it onto their existing customers, not because it's a worthy competitor. Now Slack can play that same game too.
- majani 6y agoShouldn't that have given Salesforce some leverage in the deal? Slack needed them more than Salesforce needed Slack
- Axsuul 6y agoSlack was doing just fine before the deal. They were thriving and their most recent earnings report would've been stellar: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201201006167/en/Slack-Announces-Strong-Quarter-Fiscal-Year-2021 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201201006167/en/Sla...
- fastball 6y agoDiscord is already better than Slack and Teams anyway, they've just made the (potentially smart, maybe not) decision to only compete for gamers/social applications rather than business/teams.