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Reflections on Palantir

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1. eezing ◴[] No.41861913[source]
It’s Salesforce v2. A ridiculously expensive proprietary “easy-to-build” application platform with an ecosystem of ridiculously expensive consultants.
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3. SpicyLemonZest ◴[] No.41862395[source]
Salesforce v2 is a pretty bull case for Palantir! This bias people have against against application platforms requiring a consultant ecosystem and per-customer installations is just not accurate - in software, as in the rest of the world, there are some areas where it's the right model to get things done efficiently. Walmart can't use an off-the-shelf CRM platform any more than US Steel could use an off-the-shelf furnace.
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4. wbl ◴[] No.41863318[source]
US steel very infamously did not do any R&D and stuck to outmoded technology.