Source: Microsoft mulled an $8B bid for Slack, will focus on Skype instead

Re:Source: Microsoft mulled an $8B bid for Slack, will focus... by jklinger410 on Friday March 04, 2016 @02:04PM (#11226066)

As far as I know most people use Skype for business calls. Maybe "team communication" was something that can be done with Skype, but I don't really think it's their core focus.

I think what them not buying Slack is implying is that they will start to try and actually compete with Slack directly. Instead of just internet telephony.

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Re:Source: Microsoft mulled an $8B bid for Slack, will focus... by teen on Friday March 04, 2016 @02:27PM (#11226249)

It's also used for video games a lot, but between leaking your IP and allowing esports players to get DDOSed, and just generally being not a great fit, Discord is getting more popular.

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Re:Source: Microsoft mulled an $8B bid for Slack, will focus... by tomlongson on Friday March 04, 2016 @03:12PM (#11226567)

I hadn't heard about any data leaks from Slack, so I looked it up:

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/8/6946341/slack-has-a-seriou...

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/382mao/psa...

What's confusing is the second link is about Skype leaking your IP, not Slack.

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Re:Source: Microsoft mulled an $8B bid for Slack, will focus... by avtar on Friday March 04, 2016 @03:41PM (#11226711)

When I read teen's comment I thought they were implying that Skype is used by gamers and leaks info.

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