[dragulagu]

The more i read the comments in the article, the more I'm getting the impression that it was a set up deal in which salesforce wanted to buy off the source/architecture of the project from the ex-employee...

[philthesong]

Marc Benioff probably thought that it would be a win win situation if he shamelessly plug in one of his investments on top of naive hackers.

So does he even care?

What a show...

[ch4ch4]

... then, they acquire the project and the ex-employee is back at Salesforce again.

Perfectly plausible deniability, and the money stays in the company!