Salesforce Bought Slack - WTF?!

Written by nebojsaneshatodorovic | Published 2020/12/05
Tech Story Tags: salesforce | slack | microsoft | technology | tech-companies | mergers-and-acquisitions | business | hackernoon-top-story

TLDR Slack was just too small to succeed - no matter how much they tried to succeed. Salesforce bought Slack for $27.7B for $5.2B. Writer Ian Ippolito says he was shocked by Microsoft Edge Dev announcement. He's worried that the big-fish-eat-small-fish "trend" (law?!) can limit our "options" in the flourishing, but fragile tech world. With the price right? Well, with the $27B, you can become the next James Bond villain.via the TL;DR App
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Written by nebojsaneshatodorovic | Eight-Time "Noonies" Award Winner
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/12/05
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