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Slack seems to be unhealthily preoccupied with acting oblivious. It’s fair to say Hangouts is not a Slack competitor. It is _not_ fair to say Teams isn’t.

It’s going to become increasingly difficult for IT decision makers to justify managing or paying for Slack separately if they’re already heavily bought in to Office 365 - whether Teams can do everything Slack can or not.

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It’s going to become increasingly difficult for IT decision makers to justify managing or paying for Slack separately if they’re already heavily bought in to Office 365

That's the 'Killing Netscape' playbook - Why pay for Netscape when Internet Explorer comes built-in?

We all remember what happened with Internet Explorer once it became the monopoly browser - standards went out the window. (JICYMI - Embrace, Extend, Extinguish)

Agree, one of the primary use cases for both Slack and Teams is messaging. I've seen businesses make the exact point you're making.

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