Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack • Hacker News Board

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by ivraatiems » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 9:23 PM UTC

Well, Slack, it was nice knowing you. I wonder who Discord will get bought up by when it replaces Slack after a year or two of Salesforce mismanagement?

It's so sad that this is the cycle for software now. Start small, get big fast, get sold, get ruined.

I realize I am presupposing Salesforce will ruin Slack - but it's hard to see how they won't, unless they take the approach Microsoft took with Github and keep it as a totally separate business unit. Even then, there's often meddling (see e. g. Facebook with Instagram and Oculus).

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by Hamuko » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 9:23 PM UTC

untog wrote: post #26

Hamuko wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I'd say that I'm amazed Google hasn't come up with a competent Slack competitor yet, but then it's "Google" and "a messaging product", the two are like oil and water.

>it's "Google" and "a messaging product", the two are like oil and water.

What are you talking about? Messaging products are so integral to Google's vision that they can't stop making them.

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by kingbirdy » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 9:24 PM UTC

> The transaction is anticipated to close in the second quarter of Salesforce’s fiscal year 2022

It seems like it will be a little while before Salesforce can start integrating into Slack at least

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by superfamicom » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 9:24 PM UTC

Having gone through many corporate chat transitions, I'm curious where we are headed next or when it will circle back. We already use Salesforce products so I don't see Slack going away unless something much better comes along.

MSN / AIM, IRC, Google Chat, Campfire, HipChat, Slack / Discord, ???

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by duxup » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 9:24 PM UTC

juvoni wrote: post #7

This is a major win for Discord.

Serious question, is Discord making efforts to get into the "business messaging" (can't think of a better term) type space?

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 9:24 PM UTC

jeffbee wrote: post #12

offtop5 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

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Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by mkurz » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 9:24 PM UTC

"Salesforce to Acquire Slack for $27.7 Billion" Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/technology/salesforce-sla...

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by astlouis44 » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 9:25 PM UTC

It's pretty obvious that Salesforce is going after the same model as Microsoft - bundling enterprise software to create a stronger moat against competitors offering unbundled, standalone versions, and to strengthen the value prop when selling to customers.

Will be fascinating to see this rivalry pick up steam as time goes on.

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by Spivak » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 9:25 PM UTC

offtop5 wrote: post #22

jeffbee wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because "slack" is so business-like?

Look at the use cases. Discord is very much known for people talking about video games , not much else. Slack started as an internal business tool and it remains so.

Discord also caters to small-med non-gaming online communities almost by accident because the kinds of moderation features you'd need are the same as if you were a streamer with an audience.

Re: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

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Post by greenshackle2 » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 9:25 PM UTC

naringas wrote: post #32

easton wrote: post #14

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 sur…

however amazon is not really a tech-first company, their main business is retail (even if a lot of their revenue comes from AWS).

Retail is the lion share of revenue but AWS is over half of profits last I checked.