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Re:Slack’s Shares Plunge After It Predicts a Larger Loss by gamegod on Thursday September 05, 2019 @04:27PM (#20890380)
Gmail's a bad comparison because it never had to make money directly - it was just there to help Google build and maintain their search monopoly by acting as another data source and shutting out competitors. Slack, on the other hand, needs to make money because chat is their only product.
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Re:Slack’s Shares Plunge After It Predicts a Larger Loss by asah on Thursday September 05, 2019 @05:54PM (#20890984)
Gmail is the overwhelming reason that businesses pay for Google Apps.
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