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Oh, I'm interested in the business decision behind that. For example why didn't they just buy (not acquire) the slack product. What were the reasons to host it
by BradRuderman 11y ago
Oh, I'm interested in the business decision behind that. For example why didn't they just buy (not acquire) the slack product. What were the reasons to host it in-house and manage it themselves.
- obrajesse 11y agoThey got the team behind it, who now work on other parts of Dropobox
- BradRuderman 11y agoRight by why maintain the chat app? Why not just buy slack.
- uptown 11y agoGOTO 10
- egypturnash 11y agoBuying Slack requires Slack to be interested in selling themselves.
- npizzolato 11y agoYou're misinterpreting him. "Buy" here is purchasing the product, as a typical customer.
- cjbprime 11y agoYou're assuming: * that Slack was for sale too * that Dropbox wanted the app, rather than the people who made the app
- BradRuderman 11y agoI mean the slack product!
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- rrdharan 11y agoBradRuderman you are conflating two different things that are not necessarily related: (1) How Dropbox chooses to satisfy internal requirements/demand for a group chat solution (2) Why/whether Dropbox should have acquired/acqhired the Zulip team
- BradRuderman 11y agoYea my point of the comment was (1). I didn't even know it was an acquisition. I am shutting up to prevent loosing any more minimal reputation.
- jfb 11y agoSlack is out for a lot of groups that don't particularly want internal, private communications routed through a third-party.
- fletchowns 11y agoI don't understand why you are being downvoted for legitimate questions.
- npizzolato 11y agoSame. It's kind of sad. Apparently questioning the business reason behind decisions isn't appreciated. I personally find them interesting.