× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.



Who wonders why we're in a financial mess? This is the new business model.
It's not limited to IT. Living in Michigan, I've seen it for years in a
thing called "10 day car sales". And you always see it in buy outs and M&A
stuff. The object is to generate income for the short term. That's what's
being measured and rewarded.

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Wintermute, Sharon <
Sharon.Wintermute@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

AMEN!

This was exactly my point, short term vs. long term. And they wonder why
we are in such a financial mess.

Sharon Wintermute

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:03 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: The long tail - Was: Change management systems

Can I get an AMEN?

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Earl
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:12 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: The long tail - Was: Change management systems


On Mar 9, 2010, at 6:43 AM, Paul Nelson wrote:

Too many 30 and 40 something MBA's running around. Don't get me
started.



Paul,

If an MBA looks at a software company solely through the lens of a
spreadsheet, they sometimes see a cash-cow that can be purchased for
roughly 2x maintenance revenue. The MBA brain may decide that the
financially astute thing to is to dismiss 80-90% of the company
personnel (to reduce costs), keep a few sales people (to grow the
install base), keep a couple of harried support staff (to maintain the
all important customer base), and hope that existing customers will
still pay maintenance for the next 5-10 years.

If that plan works (and it often does) the MBA's can make a boat load
of money with near zero risk. This is sometimes referred to as "the
long tail". And if that software company's customers are not paying
attention and the customer just keep paying maintenance (well, for at
least 3 years after the acquisition), the MBA's clean up - at the
expense of the customer.

Moral: Know who owns your software provider. Know what their current
and future software development plans are. If they are not actively
investing in the products that you purchased, you should ask yourself
why you are investing in them.

jte
--
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing
list
To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.



--
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing
list
To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.

--
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.



As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...

Follow-Ups:
Replies:

Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.