I hadn’t even heard of Teams.
(I do wonder what their plans are for GH tho)
Slack said Microsoft’s bundling of Teams within Office 365 software was “illegal and anti-competitive practice” and that the tech giant was “abusing its market dominance”.
The complaint will now be reviewed by the European Commission.
Microsoft said that it was providing the EC with information.
“We created Teams to combine the ability to collaborate with the ability to connect via video, because that’s what people want,” said a spokesperson.
“With Covid-19, the market has embraced Teams in record numbers while Slack suffered from its absence of video-conferencing. We’re committed to offering customers not only the best of new innovation, but a wide variety of choice in how they purchase and use the product.”
“We look forward to providing additional information to the European Commission and answering any questions they may have.”
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.