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Presumably, someone at MS did the maths and elected not to pursue a Slack acquisition, leaving it to Salesforce. As part of that calculation, I always assumed t
by ed_blackburn 3y ago
Presumably, someone at MS did the maths and elected not to pursue a Slack acquisition, leaving it to Salesforce. As part of that calculation, I always assumed they considered what it cost to build Teams out to reduce the appeal of Slack. However, having been subjected to a Teams call recently, I was appalled at how terrible it was, and it became clear that MS has made little or no effort to compete with Slack on features or UX. Is this because they were pursuing the bundling strategy instead? Let's be honest: MS has the resources to ape Discord or Slack, but glancing at Teams makes it clear they've not even bothered to do that. Could this unbundling mean MS has to invest in Teams as a standalone product so people think it's worth paying for?
- nhinck 3y agoUnfortunately I don't think it will mean that they will invest in Teams or improve it in any substantial way. They've already put it out there and gotten their free market share.