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Are You Getting 70 Percent Off List Price from Your ERP Software Vendor?
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| Pity the poor software vendors these days. The economy is in full meltdown,
| IT budgets and ...
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[News] [Rival] Proprietary Software Margins Erode Significantly
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Are You Getting 70 Percent Off List Price from Your ERP Software Vendor?
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| Pity the poor software vendors these days. The economy is in full meltdown,
| IT budgets and workforces have been slashed, and buyers of ERP, CRM and
| supply chain management software have become even more demanding regarding
| their application purchases, especially during 2008.
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http://advice.cio.com/thomas_wailgum...oftware_vendor
http://tinyurl.com/5h2ddh
Recent:
Microsoft slashes Office prices in RP
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| "This is also part of our Unlimited Potential program," added Rivera-Moreno.
| Microsoft's Unlimited Potential is a global program aimed at helping the
| middle and bottom of the world's economic pyramid of about 5 billion people,
| the software company's website stated.
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http://technology.inquirer.net/infot...e-prices-in-RP
Microsoft loses 90 Billion Dollars [in less than a year]
http://slated.org/microsoft_loses_90_billion_dollars
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Re: [News] [Rival] Proprietary Software Margins Erode Significantly
Roy Schestowitz espoused:
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> Are You Getting 70 Percent Off List Price from Your ERP Software Vendor?
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>| Pity the poor software vendors these days. The economy is in full meltdown,
>| IT budgets and workforces have been slashed, and buyers of ERP, CRM and
>| supply chain management software have become even more demanding regarding
>| their application purchases, especially during 2008.
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> http://advice.cio.com/thomas_wailgum...oftware_vendor
> http://tinyurl.com/5h2ddh
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It remains a better deal to go FOSS, though, since proprietary vendors
will still have EOL and support monopolies, which they will excercise as
things become increasingly tough.
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