venturebeat.com - 11/5/2008
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Salesforce.com ’s strategy can be boiled down to one word, according to chief executive Marc Benioff — love. Of course, Benioff was being a little tongue-in-cheek as he answered questions from analysts and reporters at today’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. But he ...
nytimes.com - 11/3/2008
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nytimes.com —
Microsoft plans to report on Monday that the
security of its Windows operating system has significantly improved,...
while at the same time the threat of computer viruses, frauds and other online scourges has become much more serious. The company ...
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On Security, Microsoft Reports Progress and Alarm
techworld.com.au - 11/7/2008
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techworld.com.au —
Microsoft has given its most ringing endorsement of
open source Web browsers to date with chief executive...
officer Steve Ballmer not ruling out adopting such technology as an alternative to its own popular Internet Explorer, saying it is "interesting". ...
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Microsoft 'interested' in open source browser: Ballmer
microsoftstartupzone.com - 11/5/2008
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microsoftstartupzone.com —
Dedicated to your success. We’re helping technology startups
around the world incubate ideas and drive innovation forward....
The StartupZone provides essential resources to get the most from Microsoft. Leading platform to build your future on Strong, ...
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Microsoft Startup Zone
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They hate everybody and we love everybody, and that’s pretty much the difference. We even love Microsoft. … This is our core strategy, love.
– Mark Benioff, Salesforce.com CEO and high priest of love
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Zoho to Salesforce: Let us onto Force.com
Coop's Corner —
... be miserable for both parties. Finally, he offered to let us integrate Zoho into AppExchange, provided we pull the plug on Zoho CRM. We told him that kind of pre-condition is totally unacceptable, and it also completely negates his claims of openness of their platform. Needless to say, we never did agree on the issue, and we dropped the integration effort." Vembu again revisited that chronology in today's post, one day after Benioff, making the invidious comparison to Microsoft, described Salesforce's strategy as inclusive. "Since then, Salesforce has repeatedly tried to ...
Zoho to Salesforce: Let us onto Force.com
Webware.com —
... Vembu again revisited that chronology in Tuesday's post, one day after Benioff, making the invidious comparison to Microsoft, described Salesforce's strategy as inclusive. ...
Don't Announce You're Open When You Just Blocked Someone Out
Techdirt —
Earlier this week, Salesforce.com founder and CEO Marc Benioff bashed Microsoft and its new cloud computing initiative, suggesting that it was unfriendly to partners: "They hate everybody and we love everybody, and that's pretty much the difference. We even love Microsoft. ... This is our core strategy, love." While we tend to agree that Microsoft's strategy leaves much to be ...
Salesforce.com Rival: Marc Benioff Had Us Booted From Our Hotel (CRM)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... At Salesforce's Dreamforce conference in San Francisco this week, CEO Marc Benioff outlined his cloud-computing strategy -- love. Comparing his cloud to Microsoft's (MSFT) Azure, VentureBeat heard Marc say: "They hate everybody and we love everybody, and that's pretty much the difference. We even love Microsoft. This is our core strategy, love.' ...
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