Microsoft’s Slack comparison from July 2019.
Butterfield believes this “speaks to the commitment they have there” and that Microsoft’s efforts are uniquely targeted at Slack. He even where Jared Spataro, corporate vice president of Microsoft 365, claims Slack won’t have the “breadth and depth” to reinvent work. Butterfield says if you Google for “Slack Spataro,” you’ll find a “bunch of shit-talking about how Slack isn’t very good,” but the same can’t be found for Spataro and Okta, Google, or Amazon.