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Old 11-03-2016, 08:21 PM   #1
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Microsoft launches Slack competitor.


Certainly got my attention.

Turns out they were talking about this Slack, not Pats Slack ...
 
Old 11-03-2016, 08:23 PM   #2
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Let us hope that it does about as well as the Windows Phone.
 
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Old 11-03-2016, 08:27 PM   #3
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I use slack at work (when I remember to sign in), not impressed. IMO, wouldn't be very hard to design something better.
 
Old 11-03-2016, 08:47 PM   #4
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And only 3 years too late!

I honestly cannot remember the last time Microsoft had an original idea that worked...
 
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Old 11-03-2016, 09:07 PM   #5
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Microsoft and original ideas are not a thing. http://www.dwheeler.com/innovation/microsoft.html
 
Old 12-11-2016, 06:36 AM   #6
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Hahahah.
 
Old 12-11-2016, 08:51 AM   #7
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And only 3 years too late!

I honestly cannot remember the last time Microsoft had an original idea that worked...
I think that you are giving them too much credit.
It should read, "I honestly cannot remember the last time Microsoft had an original idea".
 
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Old 12-11-2016, 10:48 AM   #8
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I do not think that MS launches this as a Slack competitor, I think that this is just a headline to attract visitors.

what I see is that MS integrates more and more technology that is successful and people are used to into their office365, and companies can run their 'social media internet' intern.
also, MS owns already skype, so ... what competitor?
however, I am not sure that this is the right forum for this thread
 
Old 12-12-2016, 09:29 AM   #9
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like this stated by a link posted in here

Code:
Jim Allchin, Microsoft’s “Windows operating-system chief,” has been trying to convince the U.S.
 government that open source software (or at least the General Public License) is a threat to 
the U.S. and to intellectual activity; one of his arguments is that open source software is a 
threat to innovation. In its recent court battles, Microsoft also used innovation as 
justification for its business practices (which have since been determined to be illegal).
If MicroSoft where to go open source, their maybe too big a risk of everyone seeing all of the code that "came from someone else" outside of Microsoft. So they want to keep it a secret by shutting open source down. twisted logic.
 
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Old 12-12-2016, 12:17 PM   #10
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like this stated by a link posted in here

Code:
Jim Allchin, Microsoft’s “Windows operating-system chief,” has been trying to convince the U.S.
 government that open source software (or at least the General Public License) is a threat to 
the U.S. and to intellectual activity; one of his arguments is that open source software is a 
threat to innovation. In its recent court battles, Microsoft also used innovation as 
justification for its business practices (which have since been determined to be illegal).
If MicroSoft where to go open source, their maybe too big a risk of everyone seeing all of the code that "came from someone else" outside of Microsoft. So they want to keep it a secret by shutting open source down. twisted logic.
actually MS does a lot of open source these days
https://github.com/microsoft
and even more than that.
I do not know from when in the past your statement is, but I think it must be from Ballmer, or even before Ballmer time.
time to live in 2016, soon 2017
 
Old 12-13-2016, 08:28 AM   #11
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actually MS does a lot of open source these days
https://github.com/microsoft
and even more than that.
I do not know from when in the past your statement is, but I think it must be from Ballmer, or even before Ballmer time.
time to live in 2016, soon 2017
Here's my absolutely useless contribution to this thread:

Reminded me of this youtube gem.
 
Old 12-14-2016, 07:33 AM   #12
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Oh, Microsoft had innovation.
Oh Microsoft brought about revolution too.

Innovation:
-Off court settlements with tier one lawyers and blackmail, bully buy off small startups...

Before them, it was seldom (if ever) used practice, now it's called "being competitive"?

Revolution:
- Sell a product so the buyer does not actually own it, license it for money

Before them, perpetual income belonged only to the state (taxes) or the landlords (immobilia), the are the banksters of computer industry


And Software pricing: the value connected to the usability, the making costs are devoid off the price.

Oh they did made the world change:
- to a worse place, sadly.

Open source software is all about correcting this, bringing this to an end.

Of course they opposed to that - it means their death.


And their involvement in open source: don't let them fool you; they in for a "free beer" as Apple was and proven so.
 
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Old 12-15-2016, 04:22 AM   #13
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I do not think that MS launches this as a Slack competitor, I think that this is just a headline to attract visitors.

what I see is that MS integrates more and more technology that is successful and people are used to into their office365, and companies can run their 'social media internet' intern.
also, MS owns already skype, so ... what competitor?
however, I am not sure that this is the right forum for this thread
MS Teams integrates nicely with Office365 (and subsequently any desktop/mobile apps thereof). The UX is similar to Slack so it's OK to use and there's a low learning effort if you're already used to Slack.

It's a logical step for MS to make for Office365 although it partially deprecates Skype For Business. If I was MS I'd be looking to turn Skype back in to a "consumer" product and look to sell it off now that they have a load of the "business" use cases of Skype covered or integrated in to other products.
 
  


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