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Salesforce.com's Benioff Disses Windows 8, Oracle

Posted by timothy on from the sounds-like-a-rap-battle-is-needed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is the latest to predict Windows 8 will be a disaster for Microsoft, but for a different reason than some others: he says that Windows is simply irrelevant in the new era of cloud computing and bring-your-own-devices (BYOD), which will become clear to corporate IT decision makers when they confront the upgrade decision. Of course, this conveniently dovetails with Salesforce's market position, so consider the source. Another interesting development is the growing rivalry between Benioff and his old boss Larry Ellison; Salesforce.com is a longtime Oracle shop, but they have just announced intentions to hire 40-50 PostgreSQL developers."

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  1. Re:Oracle is much less relevant than open-source. by pointyhat · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you are confused. The only 99% uptime that Oracle gets are their lawyers, and the other 1% is spent upside down in their coffins.