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Re:How Microsoft crushed Slack by TheOperator on Sunday December 06, 2020 @12:49AM (#25321430)
The fact you can't hardly buy a copy of word without having a copy of teams thrown in is what's the issue. You can't get excel with powerBI without also having to buy teams. It's more how Microsoft sells Teams than the fact that Teams exists at all that raises my eyebrow. Teams doesn't sell Teams, Word and Excel sell Teams.

Really saying that Microsoft won't let you buy their most popular products alone is just another way to phrase this situation.

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Re:How Microsoft crushed Slack by iakh on Sunday December 06, 2020 @01:22AM (#25321576)
This is like complaining about the coupons you get included from an online order. You're technically correct, but the version you get for "free" is pretty much just a freemium version of the actual product. It's usually limited in such a way that maybe small teams would get some benefits, but any sizeable organizations would have to pay to upgrade. As an example, being able to use an API requires an upgraded license
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