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I’m shocked Paul keeps scoffing at Slack’s contention that Teams is a watered down version of Slack. Sure, Teams had integrated all kinds of other Microsoft products that I don’t need in my chat client. But as a chat client, Slack is still 10x the experience of Teams. Amongst my colleagues and ex-coworkers who’ve used both, I don’t know anyone who prefers the Teams interface for actual chat. The reminders, the speed of the application, the custom emoji, the way it handles channels - all better in Slack. The one thing Teams has going for it? Most businesses get it free with their Microsoft licensing. I know that’s what drove us away from Slack and to Teams where I’ve worked. It certainly wasn’t feature superiority or a better UI or chat experience. I will concede that the “Zoom like features” of audio/video calls (to be fair, mostly borrowed by Zoom from Skype) are nice compared to Slack, and that is a distinct edge in the business world. But it’s one of very, very few areas where Microsoft did it better. Their edge comes from familiarity, not superiority.
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I think that last part is why Paul scoffs at Slack’s case, most people live in Teams making video calls and meetings, with a side order of chat.
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I second what @big_D stated. Anytime I’ve used Teams for a work related purpose we lived inside of Video chat. The only time I’ve used Teams as a chat was for about 3 weeks on a special call center project and it was where my team reached out to each other and myself for direct help.
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Long time listener - first time commenter. Love this show! As a ‘Windows Professional,’ I rely on this show to keep me up to date on the latest developments with the OS.
Did anyone else think it was strange that Richard Campbell was formally made a co-host last week and this week he’s MIA? Kinda threw me, Leo will introduce the hosts, but after Paul’s intro, they moved right into topics: Mexico, Cats, and MS Earnings, without any mention of Richard …
Sincerely,
Perplexed
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As Emily Litella would say ‘Nevermind’. He did mention Richard’s absence right at the beginning of the show.
It was discussed in previous show(s) that he would be away. (Well I listen live, so it was definitely discussed, I can’t say whether that discussion actually made it into the published show.)
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Richard has a very active conference and speaking schedule so he’ll miss shows off and on. I’ll do a better job of explaining that next time. Sorry for the confusion.
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