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There are also reports of this happening with their CRM customers[0]. One look at their YTD stock chart (-27%) may suggest why.

Very Oracle behaviour from the company started as the anti-Oracle.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/salesforce/comments/1n93cl0/crm_pri...



> the company started as the anti-Oracle.

The company was founded by an Oracle executive...


I mean, when you hire a lawn mower should you be surprised they want to mow lawns.


For the young people who might be reading this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5170246


As a younger person myself, this talk is incredibly entertaining, kind of eye-opening too; the passion for engineering that speaker radiates is immeasurable.


My first thought was had this moved the stock price - but the day price is up. The 5Y price is back to where it was ... over all they're still 6000% up.


S&P 500 up 3x in 5Y so back to same level isn’t great

I guess stock price is a reflection of crap management which in return leads to these behaviours. Maybe I should check the stock price first before deciding on a product.




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