Slack may regret its letter to Microsoft
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Slack may regret its letter to Microsoft
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Re: Slack may regret its letter to Microsoft
#2I dunno, I just want to stop hearing about it here on HN, this single letter has been posted a dozen times in the past day:
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=dear%20microsoft&sort=byPopula...
Re: Slack may regret its letter to Microsoft
#3It's funny that Slack thinks they've perfectly balanced a unique and special snowflake on the tip of a unicorn's horn when what they've really done is added a pretty UI to IRC. It's a chat room. With channels. So, sorry to tell you guys, but it's not innovative, it's lucky. We had chat rooms back in 1995. Yes, that scrappy startup Microsoft will not have too much trouble implementing a chat room and they don't need luck to get users. How were the people at Slack not thinking "Holy shit, people are paying for this!" the entire time like it was a dream. I'm sure Slack will continue with much success now that they have their user base, so good for them, but to delude themselves into thinking no one can do it as good as they do is a bit naive.
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#4When Steve Jobs "Welcomed IBM" with a full page ad, it was fun. It fit the vibe of who he was and the slightly rebellious marketing campaigns Apple was running. Slack's "Welcome Microsoft" letter felt weird. It felt disconnected from the company and product many of us love and use every day. Might have been stronger to silently add a feature to Slack that lets you communicate with Microsoft Team's members.
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#6Or Slack may just die?
Re: Slack may regret its letter to Microsoft
#7It's funny that Slack thinks they've perfectly balanced a unique and special snowflake on the tip of a unicorn's horn when what they've really done is added a pretty UI to IRC. It's a chat room. With channels. So, sorry to tell you guys, but it's not innovative, it's lucky. We had chat rooms back in 1995. Yes, that scrappy startup Microsoft will not have too much trouble implementing a chat room and they don't need l…
> I'm sure Slack will continue with much success now that they have their user base
If they don't add something that is innovative I'm not so sure. I see companies and people who raved about it 10 months dropping it just as fast all around me.
Re: Slack may regret its letter to Microsoft
#8It's funny that Slack thinks they've perfectly balanced a unique and special snowflake on the tip of a unicorn's horn when what they've really done is added a pretty UI to IRC. It's a chat room. With channels. So, sorry to tell you guys, but it's not innovative, it's lucky. We had chat rooms back in 1995. Yes, that scrappy startup Microsoft will not have too much trouble implementing a chat room and they don't need l…
Agreed, they may have done it better than most or marketed their product better but nothing compelling here.
> Slack could have done what most companies do when a competitor rips them off, and said nothing.
Someone competing in your space is NOT ripping you off.
Re: Slack may regret its letter to Microsoft
#9Our entire company switched to Slack within basically a day. While that's a big selling point for Slack's ease of use, it also means it'd be easy to switch away to a competitor within a day too.
Re: Slack may regret its letter to Microsoft
#10It's funny that Slack thinks they've perfectly balanced a unique and special snowflake on the tip of a unicorn's horn when what they've really done is added a pretty UI to IRC. It's a chat room. With channels. So, sorry to tell you guys, but it's not innovative, it's lucky. We had chat rooms back in 1995. Yes, that scrappy startup Microsoft will not have too much trouble implementing a chat room and they don't need l…
> I'm sure Slack will continue with much success now that they have their user base If they don't add something that is innovative I'm not so sure. I see companies and people who raved about it 10 months dropping it just as fast all around me.
We have serious security concerns about Slack but insufficient time and motivation to explore alternatives.
We've delayed the inevitable by coming up with a file sharing and secrets policy for what can and cannot go over Slack.