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It's evident on the other end of the product lifecycle also.
In addition to longer than necessary lead-times into product launches, another bad taste to leave in the SaaS/on-demand world is on the other end of the product lifecycle. This is evident in Microsoft's recent discontinuation of the Connected Services Framework, leaving participating telcos who thought the CSF was going to make them cloud providers in a lurch (it's speculated that this was to pave to the way for Azure). In the services world it's a bad idea to completely pull the plug on an offering if it can at all be avoided. In the case of the CSF, I can only imagine that it's cancellation and subsequent yank from the market dampened the eagerness of telcos to bank on future Microsoft cloud solutions.
Posted by: mammerman   Posted on: 12/09/08  (Edited: 12/09/2008 @ 03:19) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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It's evident on the other end of the product lifecycle also.  mammerman | 12/09/08
Meaningful conjectures please, Phil  jjworleyeoe | 12/09/08
Worse delay. Quality, who knows?  phil wainewright ZDNet Moderator | 12/09/08
Agreed  jk_10 | 12/09/08
RE: Microsoft: cloud tomorrow, jam next year  rm6565 | 12/09/08
Exactly, people with jobs in big companies do not work hard  arrowrod | 12/09/08
RE: Microsoft: cloud tomorrow, jam next year  stevens.anthony@... | 12/09/08
Compare with Force.com!  XceliantBear | 12/10/08
RE: Microsoft: cloud tomorrow, jam next year  kayvaan | 12/10/08
RE: Microsoft: cloud tomorrow, jam next year  kayvaan | 12/10/08

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