The Industry Standard - Oracle announces bid to acquire salesforce.com - Comments

Oracle did not bid.

David Kuan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:42:18 -0500

Oracle did not bid. Unfavorable judgment can now be rendered.

@Eric, there is a

David Kuan — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:59:20 -0400

@Eric, there is a difference. Siebel was not in as good a shape as Salesforce.com. You are probably right from a strategic perspective. But I recalled Salesforce.com had indicated their intention to stay independent (when the talks of Google surfaced).

They were in a similar

Eric Di Benedetto — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:30:47 -0400

They were in a similar situation when they acquired Siebel, but they decided to seize a unique strategic opportunity. History does repeat itself...

Oracle has their own issues

David Kuan — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:49:05 -0400

Oracle has their own issues to deal with right now to focus on acquisition growth.

Oracle announces bid to acquire salesforce.com

Eric Di Benedetto — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:26:17 -0400

Judgment on January 6, 2009: Oracle made no official offer to acquire Salesforce.com in 2008, which the community correctly predicted. -- The Industry Standard

Original prediction: One could speculate that salesforce.com might disappoint the stock market and analysts twice in a row when they release their next quarterly numbers. Assuming a negative return, the stock price could drop dramatically and force the board to seek a suitor in an expedited fashion.

A strong argument could be made that Oracle is the company that would gain the most by acquiring salesforce.com. If successful, Oracle could be perceived as owning that application category.

Prediction: Oracle publicly announces the intention to acquire salesforce.com before the end of 2008