The Churchill Club hosted a debate between Marc Benioff and Hasso Plattner co-founders of respective companies.
My takeway, contrasts
SAP - high margins, low growth
SF - high growth, low margins
SAP - customisation, change within
SF - configuration, build on top
SAP - slow innovation delivery
SF - fast innovation delivery
SAP - distribution by installation
SF - distribution by browser
SAP - sweet spot, thousands of users
SF - sweet spot, small biz
SAP - IT complexity
SF - IT simplicity
SAP - high pct business functionality coverage
SF - low pct business functionality coverage
SAP - certain privicy
SF - trust privicy
Bottom line, choices
After thought...
SAP - Sales person, BMW and Swiss watch
SF - Sales person, Camry and Swatch watch
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