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I just spoke with a prospective customer. The last time we talked about a Domino 8.5.1 migration and some XPages development afterwards. Today I was told that IBM did a license audit recently. Not the fact that it took place but the way the auditors behaved irritated the CIO so much that he cancelled all projects involving IBM software and is considering alternatives now.

It is not the first time I heard that and it has been reported before. I wonder if this kind of feedback ever reaches responsible people at IBM and if they want to/can do anything about the way these audits are performed.

Thinking of the next call from a friendly IBM sales person to that CIO reminds me of this sketch.

Posted by Jens Polster At 12:22 PM Location Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany | Permalink | Comments (10)

Tags: Fun IBM German

Vielleicht hätte ich doch den englischen IBM Business Partner Newsletter bestellen sollen...

Posted by Jens Polster At 9:23 AM Location Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Buell Duncan
Geschäftsführer
Beziehungen zu ISVs und Entwicklern
IBM

schreibt mir heute:

... da fühle ich mich (als Sache) aber nur noch halb so geehrt. Naja.

Posted by Jens Polster At 8:26 PM Location Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Um die eigentlichen Aktivitäten besser widerzuspiegeln, heißt das BP-SPC nun "BPSO/BP Bid Support".

Aus: IBM Business Partner - Information: 12-01-2006 (cold dead fish department)

Posted by Jens Polster At 9:19 AM Location Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Aus dem wöchentlichen Newsletter (IBM Business Partner - Wöchentliche Information, Formatierung von mir):

Michael Loria, Director Worldwide Channels and Product Marketing for Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software, und Bob Wong, Director Worldwide Lotus Channels and SMB Sales, geben in der nächsten Think!Thursday-Telefonkonferenz - die für den 15. Dezember 2005 geplant ist - die lange erwarteten Namen bekannt. ...

Nein, nicht das, was ich spontan dachte.
Nicht die neuen Namen für Sametime, Quickplace, Domino Web Access, ... - die sich doch sonst jedes Jahr ändern. Dabei hatte ich mich schon so auf cold dead fish gefreut!

Nur die Sieger und Finalisten des Lotus Awards 2006....

(I'm sorry -  the english version of the business partner news does not allow me this misunderstanding)

Posted by Hans-Peter Kuessner At 10:28 AM Location Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany | Permalink | Comments (0)

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(Sorry, this blog entry is funny only for german speaking/reading people):

Vor einiger Zeit habe ich die folgende Mail erhalten (Formatierungen sind von mir):

Posted by Hans-Peter Kuessner At 1:58 PM Location Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany | Permalink | Comments (2)