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Re:Slack S-1 by dredmorbius on Friday April 26, 2019 @05:35PM (#19761971)
WhatsApp.

Microsoft would buy to prevent someone else from doing so.

Though its hold has weakened greatly, the Outlook, Exchange, and AD behemoth still own enterprise communications.

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Re:Slack S-1 by irishcoffee on Friday April 26, 2019 @06:22PM (#19762269)
I was under the impression Facebook owned WhatsApp...?
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Re:Slack S-1 by dredmorbius on Friday April 26, 2019 @08:06PM (#19762828)
Why they own it, and what they paid to do so, is the point.
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