Hacker News Reader

What is the evidence that Slack rejected an acquisition offer from MSFT?

I'm a former MSFT employee with direct knowledge of the situation. There was an offer (not saying the amount), and Slack countered with a price that we deemed far too high.

Personally I thought we should have moved forward, but it wasn't anything I had a say in.

No proof, you'll just have to take my word for it.

Well that's a shame. Now I'm stuck with Teams.

Lol, how do you think _we_ felt about it?

It was a sad, sad day when our CVP forced our org to cancel our Slack plan and move to Teams. What a garbage piece of software it was back then. Probably still is, but it's been years since I was last subjected to it.

In hindsight, I think MS dodged a bullet. Buying Slack would have been another Skype-like failed acquisition.

Teams is a solid piece of software, and Microsoft has done a good job making it unique in a crowded marketplace.

What official evidence can there be of a failed acquisition? News agencies with a good reputation and track record reporting on insider sources is as close as you are going to get.

I was just trying to understand if you could share some of that reporting? I wasn't able to find anything very specific.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com