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Voices[Voices] On-demand computing–its poster child Salesforce.com’s grinning, rosy-cheeked Marc Benioff sporting his once trademark “No Software” button–promised low-priced, convenient delivery of applications.

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http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4d26c5ad0100a901.html [ugeeçš„BLOG] On-Demand Computing: A Brutal Slog: I've talked to a few on-demand CEOs who feel likethey unspool a great story for Wall Street, only to hear aresounding "That's it?" in response to growth projections.Richardson tells me of one founder he met with recently whosecompany is growing well but who lives on airplanes, jetting fromone sales call to the next. "You get the feeling that if someonecame along and said, 'Let us buy you for 50% more than the stockprice,' they'd do it," Richardson says.

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