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Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by jeffbee »

offtop5 wrote: post #10
juvoni wrote: post #7

This is a major win for Discord.

I'd argue that discord brand simply doesn't lend itself well to business. maybe they'll spin off a business oriented division with a different name,

Because "slack" is so business-like?

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by easton »

I'm somewhat surprised that Amazon didn't end up acquiring Slack, considering that the major thing they are missing compared to Microsoft is productivity tools. If they had purchased Dropbox and Slack they could've gotten a foothold rather quickly and slowed down one of Microsoft's major selling points (you already use Office, why not Azure?). Discord could be another interesting company in the chat space, as I'm sure they are considering an enterprise play (if they aren't they are insane, considering they have one of the more user friendly chat services and with SSO and a SLA they could probably charge $10 per user).

(Yes, I know Chime exists. But I don't think I've ever heard of anyone using it, and Slack is still rather popular.)

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by Hamuko »

untog wrote: post #3

> Combining Slack with Salesforce Customer 360 will be transformative for customers and the industry. The combination will create the operating system for the new way to work, uniquely enabling companies to grow and succeed in the all-digital world. oh no . It sounds like they're not even going to try to maintain the whole "wholly independent subsidiary" act. Slack is being swallowed wholesale.

I can't imagine our company sticking with Slack if we are forced to start using Salesforce as well. Although I'm not really sure what we would use at that point. Teams needs the whole Office subscription and we're already on G Suite.

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by linuxhiker »

untog wrote: post #3

> Combining Slack with Salesforce Customer 360 will be transformative for customers and the industry. The combination will create the operating system for the new way to work, uniquely enabling companies to grow and succeed in the all-digital world. oh no . It sounds like they're not even going to try to maintain the whole "wholly independent subsidiary" act. Slack is being swallowed wholesale.

Which in some ways will be wonderful and hopefully drive people to more productive solutions.
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