Stride, Atlassian’s Slack competitor, opens its API to all developers

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Post by mansilladev » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 5:07 PM UTC

Stride, Atlassian’s Slack competitor, opens its API to all developers
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Re: Stride, Atlassian’s Slack competitor, opens its API to all developers

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Post by tootie » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 8:13 PM UTC

What happened to HipChat? It was already the same thing as Slack for less money.

Re: Stride, Atlassian’s Slack competitor, opens its API to all developers

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Post by salmonfamine » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 8:19 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #2

What happened to HipChat? It was already the same thing as Slack for less money.

I believe they are in the process of sunsetting HipChat. It was not successful.

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Post by hartator » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 8:23 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #2

What happened to HipChat? It was already the same thing as Slack for less money.

Stride is just re-branded HipChat.

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Post by patrickaljord » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 8:26 PM UTC

hartator wrote: post #4

tootie wrote: post #2

What happened to HipChat? It was already the same thing as Slack for less money.

Stride is just re-branded HipChat.

I know it sounds silly but I believe the main reason for HipChat failing is mostly because the name was so uncool.

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Post by briffle » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 8:35 PM UTC

salmonfamine wrote: post #3

tootie wrote: post #2

What happened to HipChat? It was already the same thing as Slack for less money.

I believe they are in the process of sunsetting HipChat. It was not successful.

They say they are working to improve hipchat, but only for datacenter, no more hosted.

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Post by xfour » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 8:36 PM UTC

patrickaljord wrote: post #5

hartator wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stride is just re-branded HipChat.

I know it sounds silly but I believe the main reason for HipChat failing is mostly because the name was so uncool.

Uptime wasn't the greatest at a critical moment when Slack was gaining market share as well.

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Post by theli0nheart » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 8:44 PM UTC

hartator wrote: post #4

tootie wrote: post #2

What happened to HipChat? It was already the same thing as Slack for less money.

Stride is just re-branded HipChat.

Not at all--unless you consider building an entirely new product from the ground up a re-brand.

Re: Stride, Atlassian’s Slack competitor, opens its API to all developers

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Post by GFischer » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 8:47 PM UTC

hartator wrote: post #4

tootie wrote: post #2

What happened to HipChat? It was already the same thing as Slack for less money.

Stride is just re-branded HipChat.

They're trying to say it's not while also saying it's an "upgrade".

I guess it is a new major release of HipChat (with re-architecting) and re-branding. Same lead (Steve Goldsmith).

Unless an insider tells, we won't know I guess :)

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Post by ljm » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 8:47 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #2

What happened to HipChat? It was already the same thing as Slack for less money.

It seems it stagnated. There wasn’t a real competitor to it until Slack turned up and developed a fantastic integration ecosystem (I don’t think there would be such a focus on conversational UI were it not for Slack, whether or not they intended that). By that time it was already too late, HipChat is old school, Slack is the new hotness.

Anecdotally, anyone working in a startup with an opinion on design will know how shallow a judgment has to be to switch to a competitor. App is functional but has 2008 design? The less functional equivalent with 2017 design is better because it looks up to date