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Re:Slack Is Buying HipChat from Atlassian by stale2002 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @04:45PM (#17620916)
It's certainly IS anticompetitive.

Anticompetitive practices aren't illegal though. They are only illegal if a company has a monopoly or has significant market power.

Now, the question we have to ask is is Slack a near monopoly in it's marketspace? Maybe. I could see the argument go either way.

Re:Slack Is Buying HipChat from Atlassian by ggg9990 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @05:01PM (#17621081)
Not really, Teams is half as large and growing much faster because it’s glued to the side of Office 365.
Re:Slack Is Buying HipChat from Atlassian by stale2002 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @09:44PM (#17622854)
Alas, perhaps I have just spent way too much of my life living in startup land. I've never even heard of people using these Microsoft chat products.
Re:Slack Is Buying HipChat from Atlassian by ggg9990 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @11:04PM (#17623155)
The Fortune 500 makes up 73% of American GDP.