The CEO of Slack says that Microsoft is 'unhealthily

The CEO of Slack says that Microsoft is 'unhealthily preoccupied' with 'killing' the company because it threatens email (WORK, MSFT)

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Published 26 May 2020

· Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield told The Verge that Microsoft is "unhealthily preoccupied" with "killing" Slack via its Microsoft Teams tool.
· He says that while Microsoft itself often compares itself to Slack, Teams is more of a direct competitor to the likes of Zoom, thanks to its focus on voice and video calling.
· In...

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The CEO of Slack says that Microsoft is 'unhealthily preoccupied' with 'killing' the company because it threatens email (WORK, MSFT)

The CEO of Slack says that Microsoft is 'unhealthily preoccupied' with 'killing' the company because it threatens email (WORK, MSFT)

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