Slack (software)

Slack is an online messaging app with fancier features.^[7] Stewart Butterfield helped create it. It was originally for a video game. But then they just made it a simple messaging app and dropped the video game idea.^[8][9] "Slack" stands for "Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge."^[10][11]

Slack

Original author(s)	Stewart Butterfield, Eric Costello, Cal Henderson, and Serguei Mourachov[1]
Developer(s)	Slack Technologies
Initial release	August 2013; 11 years ago (2013-08)[2]
Written in	Electron (C++, JavaScript, etc.)[3]
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone,[4] Commodore 64[5]
Type	Collaborative software[6]
License	Proprietary
Website	slack.com

References

1. Kumparak, Greg (February 5, 2015). "Slack's Co-Founders Take Home The Crunchie For Founder Of The Year". TechCrunch.com. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
2. Zax, David. "Flickr Cofounders Launch Slack, An Email Killer". Retrieved October 13, 2018.
3. "Desktop Application Engineer". slack.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
4. Slack. "Slack apps for computers, phones & tablets". Retrieved October 13, 2018.
5. Harris, Jeffrey (November 27, 2016). "Slack client for Commodore 64". Retrieved October 13, 2018.
6. "Crunchbase - Slack Technologies". Crunchbase. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
7. "Shares in workplace software phenom Slack soar 50% in first day of trading". CBS News. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
8. Tam, Donna. "Flickr founder plans to kill company e-mails with Slack". Retrieved October 13, 2018.
9. Thomas, Owen (August 14, 2013). "Die, Email, Die! A Flickr Cofounder Aims To Cut Us All Some Slack". Retrieved October 13, 2018.
10. Kim, Eugene (September 27, 2016). "Slack, the red hot $3.8 billion startup, has a hidden meaning behind its name". UK Business Insider. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
11. What is Slack and who uses it

Other websites

• Official website
• Ebook "How to Use Slack"