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09-07-2016, 06:55 AM
Microsoft is allegedly creating a Slack competitor
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If you can't buy them, compete with them.
That seems to be Microsoft's motto, since recent reports from MSPowerUser (http://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-working-slack-competitor-skype/) speculate that the company is working on creating a Slack (http://mashable.com/category/slack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) competitor — with the help of Skype (http://mashable.com/category/skype/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), of course.
SEE ALSO: HipChat beats Slack to the punch of providing its own one-tap video conferencing (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/hipchat-vs-slack-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Microsoft planned to buy the messaging app (http://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-reportedly-wanted-buy-slack-8-billion/) for $8 billion back in March, but backed out after opposition from founder Bill Gates and current CEO, Satya Nadell.
**w, rather than purchase Slack, Microsoft is teaming up with Skype for a face-off.
According to MSPowerUser (http://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-working-slack-competitor-skype/), the direct Slack competitor — called Skype Teams — will resemble and include a lot of familiar and beloved group messaging features that people are used to in Slack. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/microsoft-slack-competitor-skype-teams/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Messaging App (http://mashable.com/category/messaging-app/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Messaging (http://mashable.com/category/messaging/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Apps (http://mashable.com/category/apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Slack (http://mashable.com/category/slack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Conversations (http://mashable.com/conversations/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/BtxLr-tauIU
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If you can't buy them, compete with them.
That seems to be Microsoft's motto, since recent reports from MSPowerUser (http://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-working-slack-competitor-skype/) speculate that the company is working on creating a Slack (http://mashable.com/category/slack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) competitor — with the help of Skype (http://mashable.com/category/skype/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), of course.
SEE ALSO: HipChat beats Slack to the punch of providing its own one-tap video conferencing (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/hipchat-vs-slack-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Microsoft planned to buy the messaging app (http://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-reportedly-wanted-buy-slack-8-billion/) for $8 billion back in March, but backed out after opposition from founder Bill Gates and current CEO, Satya Nadell.
**w, rather than purchase Slack, Microsoft is teaming up with Skype for a face-off.
According to MSPowerUser (http://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-working-slack-competitor-skype/), the direct Slack competitor — called Skype Teams — will resemble and include a lot of familiar and beloved group messaging features that people are used to in Slack. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/microsoft-slack-competitor-skype-teams/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Messaging App (http://mashable.com/category/messaging-app/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Messaging (http://mashable.com/category/messaging/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Apps (http://mashable.com/category/apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Slack (http://mashable.com/category/slack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Conversations (http://mashable.com/conversations/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/BtxLr-tauIU