After takin' a swig o' grog, Homer belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Microsoft and Salesforce bounce open-source competitors from events
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | At last year's EduCause conference, an inside source tells me,
>> | Microsoft refused to sponsor the conference unless the conference
>> | organizers denied Zimbra the opportunity to take a big, prominent
>> | booth at the event.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10083672-16.html
>
> Is this one of those many; many disreputable things Microsoft does that
> the trolls will just ignore; cough a few times; bury their heads in the
> sand; promptly forget about; later deny, then claim we're "zealots" for
> lying or exaggerating when we call Microsoft gangsters?
Silicon Valley Watcher has the scoop on SugarCRM being booted from the
San Francisco Marriott hotel during Salesforce.com's recent Dreamforce
conference, but SugarCRM isn't the only open-source company getting
shafted by its proprietary competition.
At last year's EduCause conference, an inside source tells me, Microsoft
refused to sponsor the conference unless the conference organizers denied
Zimbra the opportunity to take a big, prominent booth at the event.
Two billion-dollar companies fretting about Lilliputian open-source
competitors? Surely you jest!
. . .
In other words, perhaps Microsoft, Salesforce, and their ilk do have
something to fear from the Zimbras and SugarCRMs of the world. Value wins
in a recessionary economy, to the extent that anyone does, and these
open-source vendors are providing a heck of a lot of value...for a very
low price.
Disclosure: I am an customer of and advisor to SugarCRM and a customer of
Zimbra's.
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It's better to be quotable than to be honest.
-- Tom Stoppard
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