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Re:Slack Said to Draw Interest from Amazon by AlexandrB on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:19AM (#14561196)
I think they let the product fade because they weren't making very much money. It hard to have a vibrant product when you can't pay the rent.
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Re:Slack Said to Draw Interest from Amazon by user5994461 on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:34AM (#14561350)
MSN messenger and Yahoo both had significant funds.
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Re:Slack Said to Draw Interest from Amazon by AlexandrB on Thursday June 15, 2017 @04:01PM (#14563894)
They had funds from their parent companies which made money by other means. I'm not certain, but I suspect neither product made any money for Microsoft or Yahoo. What CEO in that position is going to double down on R&D funding to keep the chat program relevant?
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