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GP's been drinking the Kool-aid again

I really respect GP 's opinions on a lot of SaaS-related issues, but this one might be pushing my boundaries a little bit. GP is starting to confuse a rich client experience sitting on some "free" cloud storage as an S+S story. I don't know about this.

Oh yeah, and the core of LOB applications *is* financials

So it took me seven years to come to this realization. Financials is a hard requirement for just about any line of business application. Without at least core financials it's impossible to really hit day-to-day scenarios that make business run better.
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Poking my head out of the sand

Wow, it's been a long time. I kept trying to come back and write something, but between working on new projects and trying to figure out what I could actually write about, well… So, anyway, just to catch up. I left the CRM team at the beginning of the
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What does SaaS mean to MBS?

Let's forget for a moment the weird ad-based revenue models that don't make sense for a software development company. Let's focus instead on how we create value for our existing customers using applications that they've already invested in. Let's focus

Easing the release tax burden

I've started thinking again about how to release software quickly. This isn't anything new to me, I've spent a long time with several start-ups working out the details of getting a release into customers' hands, getting their feedback (sometimes immediately),
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Announcing the RSS connector for MS-CRM 3.0

We've finally released the RSS connector for MS-CRM. I've mentioned this tool a few times . This has been a long release mired in a few documentation, legal, and technical issues. But, that's not your concern, you probably just want to download this thing,
 
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