"Nobody gets fired for buying IBM." has become "Nobody can survive without Salesforce and/or SAP." Because, the ecosystems and partnerships that come along with

"Nobody gets fired for buying IBM." has become "Nobody can survive without Salesforce and/or SAP." Because, the ecosystems and partnerships that come along with these products are basically old-style trusts. Companies aren't trying to solve their technology problems they are trying to solve their money problems and in a world of overly leveraged corporations the "go along to get along" strategy is super safe and pleases analysts.