I have a client that works very closely with MS's enterprise sales force. >From what I can glean, the MS sales culture is generally very desktop/retail oriented (read: MS Office). Selling to the enterprise, of course, is a very different proposition, but the sales culture is very slow to change, apparently. English Query and the server products are really more of an enterprise-sell, and they're really not that good at it.
What's really eye-opening is the lack of Speech Server marketing. This is a truly remarkable product, the result of a 10-year $1B effort. An now they're going to bury it into the upcoming Communications Foundation Server or something. I think this is a big mistake. They've become too unfocused as a company. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Creating VFP reports by end-users Dave Bernard wrote: >Dave- > >The technology has improved in leaps and bounds. You may think that VFP >is/was under-marketed by MS, but extraordinary tools like English Query (and >now, Speech Server), have been constrained by similar apathy. > >For me, English Query (and the genre it represents) is one of the most >powerful tools in existence, and it's flying completely beneath the radar. > > > Why do you think that is, Dave? Why wouldn't M$ want to promote it more? Surely they don't lose money on it like they do with VFP? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
