All that CRM momentum Microsoft has been touting for the forthcoming software-as-a-service CRM Live elicited a chuckle and a "Microsoft is being out hustled by everyone" comment from Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff. Microsoft (CRM Live product, part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, at a Worldwide Partners Conference 2006 in Boston today. Three-thousand miles away in San Francisco, mailing list recipients at Salesforce.com (It will not be dominated by any one particular company or application or geography. The reason is that The Business Web will be best known for its ability to easily create composite applications, or what is now popularly known as "mash-ups." No one can turn back time, and the Pandora's box of services is now opened. New companies being funded on Sand Hill Road are not software companies but services companies. And, entrepreneurs around the world are starting their own companies to take on this great new opportunity of creating The Business Web. Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.
Microsoft Talks CRM, Benioff Laughs Heartily
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