Following the proposed acquisition of Siebel by Oracle many existing Siebel employees may be concerned about their career prospects, ... We want to offer them an alternative to an environment of declining commissions, confused customers and uncertainty around career viability. Marc Benioff
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![[Benioff contends that this approach will eventually change the entire structure of his industry. Software over the Web -- commonly called on-demand -- accounted for less than 10% of the $46 billion in corporate software sold last year. But he says creating an open marketplace for on-demand software will help cause the decline of the big, complex, and expensive corporate applications sold by the likes of SAP ( SAP ) and Oracle Corp. ( ORCL ).] It's a big leap for us, ... We think it will show the world the next step for on-demand computing, just as we showed the world the first step. - Marc Benioff Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBNYXJjIEJlbmlvZmYgICAg&num=11 "[Benioff contends that this approach will eventually change the entire structure of his industry. Software over the Web -- commonly called on-demand -- accounted for less than 10% of the $46 billion in corporate software sold last year. But he says creating an open marketplace for on-demand software will help cause the decline of the big, complex, and expensive corporate applications sold by the likes of SAP ( SAP ) and Oracle Corp. ( ORCL ).] It's a big leap for us, ... We think it will show the world the next step for on-demand computing, just as we showed the world the first step. - Marc Benioff Quotes")
![We have competed against [Microsoft] in the CRM market since 2002 and they have failed to deliver a competitive product. They just cancelled version two of that legacy application and skipped ahead to three. In the meantime, we are on the 18th generation of our service. Customers are tired of waiting for Microsoft to innovate. - Marc Benioff Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=V2UgaGF2ZSBjb21wZXRlZCBhZ2FpbnN0IFtNaWNyb3NvZnRdIGluIHRoZSBDUk0gbWFya2V0IHNpbmNlIDIwMDIgYW5kIHRoZXkgaGF2ZSBmYWlsZWQgdG8gZGVsaXZlciBhIGNvbXBldGl0aXZlIHByb2R1Y3QuIFRoZXkganVzdCBjYW5jZWxsZWQgdmVyc2lvbiB0d28gb2YgdGhhdCBsZWdhY3kgYXBwbGljYXRpb24gYW5kIHNraXBwZWQgYWhlYWQgdG8gdGhyZWUuIEluIHRoZSBtZWFudGltZSwgd2UgYXJlIG9uIHRoZSAxOHRoIGdlbmVyYXRpb24gb2Ygb3VyIHNlcnZpY2UuIEN1c3RvbWVycyBhcmUgdGlyZWQgb2Ygd2FpdGluZyBmb3IgTWljcm9zb2Z0IHRvIGlubm92YXRlLiA=&author=ICBNYXJjIEJlbmlvZmYgICAg&num=12 "We have competed against [Microsoft] in the CRM market since 2002 and they have failed to deliver a competitive product. They just cancelled version two of that legacy application and skipped ahead to three. In the meantime, we are on the 18th generation of our service. Customers are tired of waiting for Microsoft to innovate. - Marc Benioff Quotes")
