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# On Customers, Platforms, and Time
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/on-customers-platforms-and-time/
- Published: 2011-12-05T00:54:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-28T11:43:42.000Z
- Description: A very interesting conversation and discussion on platforms.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Platforms, Strategy, LinkedIn, Salesforce, The Age of the Platform

Along with author [Adrian Ott](https://www.exponentialedge.com/?ref=philsimon.com) and Salesforce.com VP [Sherrick Murdoff](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherrickmurdoff?ref=philsimon.com), I participated on a panel at the November 2011 ASAP-SVat Cisco Systems in California. The group talked about Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Microsoft, Salesforce.com, and a bevy of other topics.

Click below to watch an interesting discussion.