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Re:Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack by scruple on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @04:33PM (#25270225)
> The combination will create the operating system for the new way to work, uniquely enabling companies to grow and succeed in the all-digital world.

I'm just complaining, but... Why do people write things like this? I see it in my own employer and our marketing material, too. It's confusing bullshit that is devoid of any meaning.

Re:Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack by treis on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @05:08PM (#25270659)
It's not really devoid of meaning if you understand the space. Roughly, Salesforce is about processes and Slack is about communication. Think about handling something like responding to a RFP. Salesforce is good at breaking that down into several pieces of work and assigning them to different people, but the communication and UI sucks. Slack makes communicating across a team easy but lacks the tools to build in formal processes. Combining those will, at least theoretically, end up as a better product.
Re:Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack by arkitaip on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @04:36PM (#25270261)
The text targets key partners, investors and other financial people who needs to be convinced that this is indeed The Best Deal Possible for everyone involved.
Re:Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack by codeulike on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @04:34PM (#25270244)
Its for managers. It works.