Re: {Spam?} RE: SIS: Talk about a shift in partners...

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Get a grip? > > LOL... > > Your comment actually demonstrates my point completely. > > Oracle doesn't sell hardware so if they push a hardware deal and > possibly some services to IBM, there's going to be a quid pro quo. > That infact does hurt IBM's IM since the Client rep is only interested > in the bottom line and they're making money by partnering with Oracle > and they are closing a competitor out of a deal. This also gives them > the opportunity to upsell/cross sell other products. > > Again, in this respect, a Client rep will be unwilling to talk about > DB2 or even IDS (if they knew it existed) because they didn't want to > upset the client's Oracle choice. Also they don't want to upset the > possibility of more service revenue or other SWG pillars. > > And the next time there's a customer, the Client rep will return the > favor. You know what, Gumby? You're right. I bet the client rep isn't pushing WebSphere against BEA either. Fire the lot of them. And then when IBM client reps start doing their jobs to Gumby standards, Oracle will fuck off elsewhere for the tin and outsourcing. IBM will lose millions of dollars outsourcing and tin forever, but claw back tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in SWG revenue. Once. Good thinking, Gumby. I like your style. -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com