TC 丟出來的消息，宣稱微軟曾經規劃以 80 億美金購買 Slack：「Source: Microsoft mulled an $8 billion bid for Slack, will focus on Skype instead」。
不過這個計畫被微軟 CEO Satya Nadella 與前 CEO Bill Gates 給擋了下來，認為不如把這筆錢放到 Skype 的研發上：
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and CEO Satya Nadella were among those unconvinced by the idea, with Gates pushing instead to add more features into Skype to make it more competitive with Slack in the business market, our source says.
我也覺得微軟高層的角度比較合理 (以手上有的資料來規劃)，雖然這幾年下來 Skype 愈改愈爛...