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		Salesforce to Buy Slack (wsj.com)
		1 point by funkaster on Nov 30, 2020 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

symlinkk on Nov 30, 2020 [–]

$17 billion for a chat app.

funkaster on Nov 30, 2020 | [–]

$17 billion for a bloated chat app, but that has proved it can (somehow) sustain a business model. IMO salesforce is just buying the missing piece of the b2b puzzle, and they believe 17billion is worth the market

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