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Robert Scoble: On that point, Salesforce is only used by a small # of people inside corporations. Why aren’t you ripping this out and make this more low cost?

MB: We are. All Salesforce users can use thus for free. We also have a low cost separate product. And we will be rolling out a free version. We are working on figuring out what that is.

Here’s the quote, I asked him: “Salesforce is only used by a small # of people inside corporations. Why aren’t you ripping [Salesforce's new Chatter functionality] out and make this more low cost?” Benioff answered: “We are. All Salesforce users can use this for free. We also have a low cost separate product. And we will be rolling out a free version. We are working on figuring out what that is.”

If you get a chance to see a demo, compare Chatter with your own intranet. You’ll instantly be reminded why you seldom go to your own site or sites. In my view, tools like Chatter mark the end of the dead web.

The customers I talked to at Dreamforce were very enthusiastic. Several CIOs said that it’s exactly what their younger employees have been looking for. All saw immediate ways to benefit from the new software.