The era of the traditional software 'load, update and upgrade' business and technology model is over, ... It is time for 'The Business Web.' ... Just as mainframe companies struggled for relevance in the client-server era, Microsoft finds itself in a worse position today, facing not just the obsolescence of a technology model, but a business model as well. 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")
