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DimDim web conferencing acquired by Salesforce for $31 million in cash

11 points by loganfrederick 16y ago

http://m.prnewswire.com/news-releases/salesforcecom-acquires-dimdim-113029849.html Better link, this submitted from my Droid. Acquisition for $31 million in cash.

aresant 16y ago
From the WSJ article: "We bought it for a relatively low cost," Benioff said in the interview. "We're buying it primarily for the technology." I would love to know how successful DimDim was at aquiring customers for their service, $31m for webinar technology and and engineering staff seems high? http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110106-714513.html http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110106-714513.html
apu 16y ago
Wow salesforce is really on an acquiring spree right now.
prateekdayal 16y ago
And they close new signups rightaway. Can Salesforce not handle a few thousand new customers? Whats the logic behind these decisions?
- random42 16y ago
  Why should they accept new signups for a service that they plan to close, in the coming months? Its a pretty straightforward logic to me.
  - prateekdayal 16y ago
    My bad. I did not catch that earlier. Makes sense
yesno 16y ago
Out of the blue. I used to check out DimDim UI a year go to see how far they can use GWT. Never thought the next news coming out from them is this one.
samratjp 16y ago
Maybe there should be an YC RFS for stuff Salesforce might buy :-)
davidu 16y ago
Their email to customers and FAQ is atrocious. Good example of how to suck at communication. http://www.dimdim.com/faq.html http://www.dimdim.com/faq.html
- ryanwaggoner 16y ago
  Looks fine to me. What did you dislike about ti?
  - davidu 16y ago
    Seriously? Did you get the email? It basically said "we're closing in 2 months. All you data will be delete." Nothing about thanks for being a customer. Nothing about what the future holds. Nothing about appreciating our trying of their product instead of WebEx and helping them build value or providing feedback. It was embarrassing. No clue why I'm being downvoted. It was written by someone who clearly doesn't give a shit about their customers anymore.
    - ryanwaggoner 16y ago
      Sorry, I didn't get the email, just read the FAQ.
    - aresant 16y ago
      David I know a startup launching in this space that would value your business, launching right around the time DimDim is bailing - drop me an email and I'll get you a beta invite (which will be full featured) - Zack

http://m.prnewswire.com/news-releases/salesforcecom-acquires-dimdim-113029849.html Better link, this submitted from my Droid. Acquisition for $31 million in cash.

aresant 16y ago

From the WSJ article: "We bought it for a relatively low cost," Benioff said in the interview. "We're buying it primarily for the technology." I would love to know how successful DimDim was at aquiring customers for their service, $31m for webinar technology and and engineering staff seems high? http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110106-714513.html http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110106-714513.html

apu 16y ago

Wow salesforce is really on an acquiring spree right now.

prateekdayal 16y ago

And they close new signups rightaway. Can Salesforce not handle a few thousand new customers? Whats the logic behind these decisions?

random42 16y ago
Why should they accept new signups for a service that they plan to close, in the coming months? Its a pretty straightforward logic to me.
- prateekdayal 16y ago
  My bad. I did not catch that earlier. Makes sense

yesno 16y ago

Out of the blue. I used to check out DimDim UI a year go to see how far they can use GWT. Never thought the next news coming out from them is this one.

samratjp 16y ago

Maybe there should be an YC RFS for stuff Salesforce might buy :-)

davidu 16y ago

Their email to customers and FAQ is atrocious. Good example of how to suck at communication. http://www.dimdim.com/faq.html http://www.dimdim.com/faq.html

ryanwaggoner 16y ago
Looks fine to me. What did you dislike about ti?
- davidu 16y ago
  Seriously? Did you get the email? It basically said "we're closing in 2 months. All you data will be delete." Nothing about thanks for being a customer. Nothing about what the future holds. Nothing about appreciating our trying of their product instead of WebEx and helping them build value or providing feedback. It was embarrassing. No clue why I'm being downvoted. It was written by someone who clearly doesn't give a shit about their customers anymore.
  - ryanwaggoner 16y ago
    Sorry, I didn't get the email, just read the FAQ.
  - aresant 16y ago
    David I know a startup launching in this space that would value your business, launching right around the time DimDim is bailing - drop me an email and I'll get you a beta invite (which will be full featured) - Zack