What's the biggest misconception of you?
I know that many people in the channel were afraid that I was known to be direct sales, proprietary, get-out-of-my-way kind of a person. That is actually totally not true. Even at SAP where I did build probably the world's best direct sales force, it was hugely leveraged by channel partners. Hugely leveraged. Without the channel partners, SAP would have never become what it became. Not even close. So I have always worked with channel partners, and if I could use this opportunity as I am talking to you, I want to convey the message again and again and again, I embrace channel partners in any language you would choose.
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