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- From: sybertz@brsux0.bro.dec.com (Sybertz Marc)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: DEC puts first marketroid on the moon
- Keywords: DEC INFOSHARE Alpha lunacy
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.151743.13677@rdg.dec.com>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 15:17:43 GMT
- References: <kGd=p9+@engin.umich.edu> <9301062018.AA12524@TIS.COM> <1993Jan7.095218.29802@rdg.dec.com> <9301080032.AA23670@TIS.COM>
- Sender: news@rdg.dec.com (Mr News)
- Reply-To: sybertz@ketje.enet.dec.com
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Brussels
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- > A vendor's customers don't care about lack of resources. They can
- > -----------------------------------------------------------------
- > buy from someone who doesn't have that problem.
- > -----------------------------------------------
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- Do you know a company in the world which develops everything the same day ???
- Everyone puts priorities ... and it is not a question of lack of resources,
- it is a question of business practices.
-
- If you don't understand why x send such a mail, it is not a reason
- to make it a generality, and to build a all story about DEC's commitment to
- Unix.
-
- >Market analysts get paid big bux (probably much more than the folks
- >from DEC who read news in their spare time at 2:00am) to know what customers
- >want. A vendor that knows what customers want and is able to *anticipate*
- >those needs is what is called "in touch with the market."
-
- I totally agree with you ... and this is why we are the first to come with
- OSF/1 ! Isn't it ?
-
- >A vendor that is
- >constantly in a reactive mode because of lack of resources, where the
- >vendor's top technical staff (who often are in touch with the market) are
- >forced to beg for ammunition to help fight internal battles is "out of touch"
- >and often "out of luck" because by the time those battles are fought,
- >your competitor has stolen a march on you.
-
- Internal battles ! This is such a old story.
-
- ..
-
- It is my day-to-day job to convince people we are really commited by showing the
- lastest products we have in the Unix system management.
-
- If these products cannot change your perception about DEC's commitment to Unix,
- you will remain blind to what happen at DEC.
-
- Regards,
- Marc Sybertz.
-
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- | From : Marc Sybertz |
- | Dept : EIS - Unix Service Center |
- | Func : Unix System Management Specialist |
- | Mail : sybertz@ketje.enet.dec.com |
- | Loc : DIGITAL - BRO (Brussels, Belgium) |
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