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What a Contrast

This is a deep and insightful post, not a lot to add on the
details of the announcement. But I did want to draw a
contrast to the old world. Microsoft and SAP with Duet
attempted something similar and its been a train wreck. It
only worked with their recent version - ironic that the
upgrade pains they cause customer came back to bite
them - and it was a hardened approach that made it
difficult to impossible for partners to innovate with / for
them.

As you noted, we at Appirio were able to create four
applications with limited resources in a short amount of
time. We were limited only by our own imagination and
resources.

The world has changed, and the model of on-premise will
not allow them to create breakthrough innovations. In a
few years, we will look back to these months with such
clarity in hindsight (Salesforce and Google, AppEngine,
etc.) that it will be assumed all in the market must have
known what was about to come...

Posted by: Narinder Singh   Posted on: 04/14/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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