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]]> By: mjayliebs http://opensource-pragmatist.com/2009/02/09/sugarcon-2009-says-no-to-mediocrity/comment-page-1/#comment-7 mjayliebs Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:48:27 +0000 http://opensource-pragmatist.com/?p=59#comment-7 First - Thanks Doug for the kind words. I agree with your observations regarding the 'typical' vendor conference - I would like to think this past SugarCON was not typical. There are a few areas where improvements can and should be made, but overall, it was a very positive experience for Sugar as well - mostly because the attendees found value, but it is also extremely valuable for Sugar folks to see and hear what others are doing with the application. For those that know me, the 'Cloud' area, with specific overlap to open source and commercial open source is a very interesting topic to dissect. I agree with Doug's thoughts above, as we have discussed the topic at length. Where does hype meets buzz, because our customers really just want value? But I would respectfully suggest a refinement of a couple words at the end, which will help us get there. I think that Doug is really onto something... It may seem like a play on words, but I think that if you change 'concept of leverage' to 'opportunity to leverage' then we can all work with our respective clients/customers. The semantic is that the cloud buzz is full of concepts, but not always enough of a business case (value) to justify an investment (of time, not even money). Many of the infrastructure players (Amazon and RackSpace for example) have made very large investments in what we call the cloud. It is up to us to to highlight the opportunity our customers have to leverage what exists (independent of what a marketeer is calling it), in order to grow their business or reduce costs and allow for investments elsewhere in their business. This hardly closes the book on this topic, I think we are just at chapter one. First – Thanks Doug for the kind words. I agree with your observations regarding the ‘typical’ vendor conference – I would like to think this past SugarCON was not typical. There are a few areas where improvements can and should be made, but overall, it was a very positive experience for Sugar as well – mostly because the attendees found value, but it is also extremely valuable for Sugar folks to see and hear what others are doing with the application.

For those that know me, the ‘Cloud’ area, with specific overlap to open source and commercial open source is a very interesting topic to dissect. I agree with Doug’s thoughts above, as we have discussed the topic at length. Where does hype meets buzz, because our customers really just want value? But I would respectfully suggest a refinement of a couple words at the end, which will help us get there. I think that Doug is really onto something…

It may seem like a play on words, but I think that if you change ‘concept of leverage’ to ‘opportunity to leverage’ then we can all work with our respective clients/customers. The semantic is that the cloud buzz is full of concepts, but not always enough of a business case (value) to justify an investment (of time, not even money). Many of the infrastructure players (Amazon and RackSpace for example) have made very large investments in what we call the cloud. It is up to us to to highlight the opportunity our customers have to leverage what exists (independent of what a marketeer is calling it), in order to grow their business or reduce costs and allow for investments elsewhere in their business.

This hardly closes the book on this topic, I think we are just at chapter one.

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