Comments on: Silver Lining in Open Source Cloud Computing? http://www.crmoutsiders.com/2008/01/30/silver-lining-in-open-source-cloud-computing/ Former analyst and journalist discuss CRM from the vendor-side Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:20:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Jim Stukas http://www.crmoutsiders.com/2008/01/30/silver-lining-in-open-source-cloud-computing/#comment-35 Jim Stukas Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:22:50 +0000 http://www.crmoutsiders.com/?p=116#comment-35 Hey Martin, I also enjoy reading Matt Asay's blog, though I don't always agree with him (on software or football, er, soccer). Of course, if we did, it would be boring. Here is a link to another, much less active, but particularly interesting blog that I follow via RSS feed (so I don't have to check every day): http://parallax.blogs.com/parallax_calculating_tech/2008/01/why-enterprise.html The title is "Why Enterprise Software is Not Dead" and you'll need a cup of coffee or two, but basically analyzes what the biggest differentiators are between CES (Classic Enterprise Software) and SaaS from a business model (VC) perspective. I think that he misses the fact that they these two are not contradictory in the way that, say, Open Source v. Proprietary development models are, as a very astute commentator adds at the bottom of the post. ;-) See you at SugarCon! Hey Martin,

I also enjoy reading Matt Asay’s blog, though I don’t always agree with him (on software or football, er, soccer). Of course, if we did, it would be boring.

Here is a link to another, much less active, but particularly interesting blog that I follow via RSS feed (so I don’t have to check every day):

http://parallax.blogs.com/parallax_calculating_tech/2008/01/why-enterprise.html

The title is “Why Enterprise Software is Not Dead” and you’ll need a cup of coffee or two, but basically analyzes what the biggest differentiators are between CES (Classic Enterprise Software) and SaaS from a business model (VC) perspective.

I think that he misses the fact that they these two are not contradictory in the way that, say, Open Source v. Proprietary development models are, as a very astute commentator adds at the bottom of the post. ;-)

See you at SugarCon!

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