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Re:Intuit sells Quicken to private equity firm in management... by rgovind on Friday March 04, 2016 @06:10PM (#11227466)
Slack?
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Re:Intuit sells Quicken to private equity firm in management... by sandmansandine on Friday March 04, 2016 @06:23PM (#11227528)
Slack's desktop client is really just Electron I believe
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Re:Intuit sells Quicken to private equity firm in management... by timberburn on Friday March 04, 2016 @06:51PM (#11227645)
That's the direction consumer desktop apps should move. Cheaper to develop, maintain, update, etc.
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Re:Intuit sells Quicken to private equity firm in management... by cobalt on Friday March 04, 2016 @08:19PM (#11227946)
that's arguable
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Re:Intuit sells Quicken to private equity firm in management... by supercoder on Saturday March 05, 2016 @12:18AM (#11228535)
Slack is just a web app wrapped up on the desktop
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Re:Intuit sells Quicken to private equity firm in management... by knowaveragejoe on Friday March 04, 2016 @06:15PM (#11227486)
You don't need the desktop clients as far as I'm aware.
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Re:Intuit sells Quicken to private equity firm in management... by trimbo on Friday March 04, 2016 @06:33PM (#11227572)
Slack is aimed at businesses
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