Jul 22, 2020
Slack makes EU antitrust claim against Microsoft over Teams
Work messaging platform Slack has filed an antitrust claim against Microsoft, claiming the tech giant's rival app Teams has an unfair advantage. Slack argued that it was seeking a "Level playing field" and suggested that, by offering Teams to Office 365 users, Microsoft was making it harder for Slack to sell its own software to the market. Microsoft Teams users grew from 44 million in March to 75 million in April and Slack has also seen a large rise in users in recent months, reaching 12.5 million by late March. The antitrust claim contrasts with comments made by Slack's chief executive Stewart Butterfield in May, when he told CNBC: "What we've seen over the past couple of months is that Teams is not a competitor to Slack." He went on to mention the fact that Microsoft bundles Teams with Office 365 and argued the growth of Teams users during the past three years was unimpressive.
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