Macs at One Market?

A rumor is bouncing around that Salesforce.com Corporation is thinking about switching from Dell to Apple for all their desktops. Seems a bit far-fetched to me, but not impossible.

I think it’s far fetched because power users of Salesforce rely heavily on three things:

  1. Awesome utility from a MS Outlook inegration
  2. Dynamic spreadsheets with MS Excel integration
  3. Mail merge integration with MS Word

I can’t believe that Salesforce.com would tell it’s staff that these tools will no longer work for them.

If this rumor is true, and not just a way for Marc to negotiate a better deal with Michael, look for:

  1. Integration with Thunderbird to get real–Steven has been doing this project in his spare time
  2. Mail.app integration may ge beyond what Simon has built for his own use
  3. Mail merge integration with Google Docs or Mac Word
  4. Dynamic reports in Mac Excel–google spreadsheets just aren’t powerful enough yet

Leave a Reply