"Taking out a competitor is good for Slack, There’s fewer choices for people.” - Stewart Butterfield in the above article.
When are tech CEO's going to realize it's bad to sound like a monopolist b/c anti-trust?
I tend to agree with Ben Thompson of Stratechery that one of the best ways to thwart emerging monopolies and preserve choice for consumers it to prevent companies from acquiring competitors. Although today Microsoft is the goliath and Slack is the david, in today's world David's grow up very very fast...