April « 2008 « Michael Doornbos

28Apr/080

This just in: Being the current industry leader doesn’t mean you’ll stay there

I had the strangest conversation this morning with some people at a large subscription based software company. They were astounded that a longtime customer found a cheaper solution that did what they needed.
"But we're the 900 pound gorilla" they seemed to say. "Why would anyone want anything but us?"

The customer left because the "900 pound gorilla" was offering the same product and service as they were 2 years ago and several competitors are coming up with innovative solutions to the same problem for 25% of the cost.

They have the industry clout and funding to do a million innovative things and instead they sit back and complain that they are on the top and they shouldn't need any reason to be afraid that they wont always be there.

Filed under: Uncategorized, annoying No Comments

26Apr/080

Tying some flies

Not sure I'd pay for this one, but not to shabby for my first hand tied fly:

Fly

Filed under: Outdoors, fishing No Comments

18Apr/080

Great use of visuals to get a point across

Here's a great example of using visuals to get a point across, plus it's an interesting topic to boot!:

Filed under: Cool Stuff, video No Comments

18Apr/080

Dude builds a cure for cancer! In his garage!

Seriously.

And here.

Someone needs to give John Kanzius a medal. And a house. And maybe a "never has to pay taxes again" card.

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15Apr/082

A crisis of faith?

Those of you who know me well may be scared by this screenshot:

I'm doing some work on testing a SSL vpn solution and need to understand the Vista user experience.

The install was pretty simple and my first impression is that Vista seems fine, not sure what the fuss is all about. Of course, I don't have things like non-working video drivers or anything like that.

Filed under: Strange 2 Comments

10Apr/083