http://www.thestandard.com./node/115495/comments comments feed. en http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/oracle-announces-bid-acquire-salesforce-com <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Judgment on January 6, 2009: Oracle made no official offer to acquire Salesforce.com in 2008, which the community correctly predicted. -- The Industry Standard </p> <p>Original prediction: One could speculate that <a href="http://www.salesforce.com" title="Salesforce" rel="nofollow">salesforce.com</a> 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. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>Prediction: Oracle publicly announces the intention to acquire salesforce.com before the end of 2008</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/oracle-announces-bid-acquire-salesforce-com#comments co:Oracle co:Salesforce.com Mergers &amp; Acquisitions SaaS Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:26:17 -0700 Eric Di Benedetto 115495 at http://www.thestandard.com. http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/oracle-announces-bid-acquire-salesforce-com <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Judgment on January 6, 2009: Oracle made no official offer to acquire Salesforce.com in 2008, which the community correctly predicted. -- The Industry Standard </p> <p>Original prediction: One could speculate that <a href="http://www.salesforce.com" title="Salesforce" rel="nofollow">salesforce.com</a> 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. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>Prediction: Oracle publicly announces the intention to acquire salesforce.com before the end of 2008</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/oracle-announces-bid-acquire-salesforce-com#comments co:Oracle co:Salesforce.com Mergers &amp; Acquisitions SaaS Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:26:17 -0700 Eric Di Benedetto 115495 at http://www.thestandard.com. http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/oracle-announces-bid-acquire-salesforce-com <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Judgment on January 6, 2009: Oracle made no official offer to acquire Salesforce.com in 2008, which the community correctly predicted. -- The Industry Standard </p> <p>Original prediction: One could speculate that <a href="http://www.salesforce.com" title="Salesforce" rel="nofollow">salesforce.com</a> 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. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>Prediction: Oracle publicly announces the intention to acquire salesforce.com before the end of 2008</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/oracle-announces-bid-acquire-salesforce-com#comments co:Oracle co:Salesforce.com Mergers &amp; Acquisitions SaaS Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:26:17 -0700 Eric Di Benedetto 115495 at http://www.thestandard.com. http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/oracle-announces-bid-acquire-salesforce-com <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Judgment on January 6, 2009: Oracle made no official offer to acquire Salesforce.com in 2008, which the community correctly predicted. -- The Industry Standard </p> <p>Original prediction: One could speculate that <a href="http://www.salesforce.com" title="Salesforce" rel="nofollow">salesforce.com</a> 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. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>Prediction: Oracle publicly announces the intention to acquire salesforce.com before the end of 2008</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/oracle-announces-bid-acquire-salesforce-com#comments co:Oracle co:Salesforce.com Mergers &amp; Acquisitions SaaS Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:26:17 -0700 Eric Di Benedetto 115495 at http://www.thestandard.com.