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Teams was a rushed Slack clone MS pushed during the lockdowns. VSCode didn't have the same incentives. I was working for a large company using Office 365 back
by dutchCourage 3y ago
Teams was a rushed Slack clone MS pushed during the lockdowns. VSCode didn't have the same incentives.
I was working for a large company using Office 365 back then. Our teams were using either Slack or Skype. The company pushed everyone towards Teams because it was included in 365 only to eventually backpedal and move everyone to Slack because Teams was an unfinished software.
What's surprising to me is that they have had a few years to improve Teams yet its UX is still far behind Slack.
- pid-1 3y agoTeams was included in M365 way before lockdowns.
- dutchCourage 3y agoI stand corrected. They actually started phasing out Skype for businesses in September 2019. The timing is more of a coincidence. I do believe the lockdowns might have rushed the transition as the UX felt unfinished for years. I can't think of any other reason that might have pushed them into replacing Skype so quickly.
- kyriakos 3y agoUnfortunately true we've been using it before covid but it was solidified in our day to day since
- datavirtue 3y agoOMG, chat inside Vscode. (Crosses fingers)