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Corporate clients definitely pick based on reputation. Why do you think Teams is bigger than Slack
by FormerBandmate 5y ago
Corporate clients definitely pick based on reputation. Why do you think Teams is bigger than Slack
- unethical_ban 5y agoTeams is bigger than slack? Like, the executable? Teams is an abomination; something to be cast into the fires of Mount Doom. Slack is miles better for everyday communication.
- breakfastduck 5y agoI agree its absolutely awful but Teams is far bigger than Slack, I'm not sure why you'd argue that.
- unethical_ban 5y agoMy sample size of three large companies, two use Slack. Boom. (I did move the goalposts from "deployment size" to "quality").
- ghostly_s 5y agoBecause of Office license lock-in, not reputation.
- ryantgtg 5y agoDon’t they “choose” Teams because it integrates with outlook/sharepoint/etc? That seems to be the case at my job. Basically, Teams replaced Skype.
- behnamoh 5y agoPart of it is rational, because they see lots of chaos/noise in the market while having to make too many decisions. Following the "best practices" only saves them decision-making time. Might not be the "best" in practice, but at least they don't have to examine a gazillion options that are available.
- azalemeth 5y agoI'd argue that Teams is bigger than Slack because Microsoft pulled a fast one, exploited their monopoly, and included it "for free" with the rest of their licenses, rather than getting people to sign up de novo. The fact that it's worse in every meaningful way than the competition, yet far wider used, highlights the whole problem quite neatly.
- mattkevan 5y agoWe have to use teams because teams is free. Despite it being terrible. There was also a push for us to switch from Miro to Microsoft whiteboard. Until a senior manager actually had to use whiteboard and they realised it was terrible.