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Re:Slack Is Buying HipChat from Atlassian by mulcahey on Thursday July 26, 2018 @11:12PM (#17623181)
the UI/UX is so different I'd be very surprised if they managed that
Re:Slack Is Buying HipChat from Atlassian by edwinnathaniel on Friday July 27, 2018 @12:30AM (#17623447)
See SKYPE for Business. replace('Lync', 'Skype') probably...
Re:Slack Is Buying HipChat from Atlassian by nyconyco on Friday July 27, 2018 @05:34AM (#17624696)
Oh Mircosfot's strategy is the weirdest: OCS, Lync, Skype, Skype for Business, Teams, Yammer... People are just lost.

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