Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On 15 Oct 2006 08:58:38 -0700, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Eclipse: A Billion-Dollar Baby?
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>>| "Historically enterprise software has been sold through [a]
>>| direct salesforce channel. ... We're starting to see success
>>| in open source software products in areas which have been
>>| traditionally the realm of the direct salesforce. Those
>>| environments or those products have very, very low cost of
>>| sales, so as customers get more used to that, I think that
>>| over time, there are going to be fewer and fewer software
>>| salesmen."
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>> http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/53621.html
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>> Related:
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>> Eclipse Adoption on The Rise
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>>| With the EclipseWorld conference kicking off this week in Boston,
>>| it would be easy to think the open source Java tools project is
>>| everywhere.
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>> http://www.devxnews.com/article.php/3630071
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>> There is a lot of FUD that makes PHP, Java and Eclipse appear
>> as though they don't get adopted.
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> These pyramid scheme numbers they come up with are outrageous...
No, your bosses call them Channel Partners and MVP's.
Ian
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