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Re:Even with 49% up sales and a 46% drop in expenses Slack s... by kyawzazaw on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @07:52PM (#24427363)
Why are Twilio's competitors not doing so well?
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Re:Even with 49% up sales and a 46% drop in expenses Slack s... by missedthecue on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @08:08PM (#24427478)
It's less about that and more that Slack has to compete with free. Twilio does not.
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Re:Even with 49% up sales and a 46% drop in expenses Slack s... by pokerhobo on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:27PM (#24427958)
Slack was free before Teams was free. They thought they had won the war before the first battle took place. Slack could have been Zoom, but instead it was just a pretty web client to IRC
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