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0 pointsdutchCourage1y ago0 comments

Teams was a rushed Slack clone MS pushed during the lockdowns. VSCode didn't have the same incentives.

I was working for a large company using Office 365 back then. Our teams were using either Slack or Skype. The company pushed everyone towards Teams because it was included in 365 only to eventually backpedal and move everyone to Slack because Teams was an unfinished software. What's surprising to me is that they have had a few years to improve Teams yet its UX is still far behind Slack.

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pid-11y ago

Teams was included in M365 way before lockdowns.

dutchCourageOP1y ago

I stand corrected. They actually started phasing out Skype for businesses in September 2019. The timing is more of a coincidence.

I do believe the lockdowns might have rushed the transition as the UX felt unfinished for years. I can't think of any other reason that might have pushed them into replacing Skype so quickly.

kyriakos1y ago

Unfortunately true we've been using it before covid but it was solidified in our day to day since

datavirtue1y ago

OMG, chat inside Vscode. (Crosses fingers)

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