I guess because most conversations are not about documents?

pavlov · on April 1, 2016

But Quip's chat rooms are just that. They don't have any forced relation to the documents, and can be set up just like Slack (as far as I can see).

So what's the different use case?

revorad · on April 1, 2016

Oh ok, I didn't know that. I tried Quip when it first came out. Anyway, even if functionally they are similar, the Slack ecosystem is too strong now.

pavlov · on April 1, 2016

Maybe... Sometimes the initially strong ecosystem doesn't end up being the winning one. Apple had a huge headstart in GUI desktops but Microsoft nearly trounced them.

(I don't see Quip having such an advantage -- although Quip seems like a perfect fit for Microsoft's product portfolio... Hmm...)

rokhayakebe · on April 1, 2016

Oh ok, I didn't know that.

Positioning can definitely hurt a product.