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Fortune: Execs Tell Software Makers: ‘Some of You Are Doomed’

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 6, 2005

“It ain’t easy leading a software company these days. Customers
are sick of poor quality, inadequate security, old-fashioned
business models, and pie-in-the-sky claims for trends like open
source. They just want software that works. That was the message
coming from customers, industry experts, and even some company
executives at the Software 2005 conference last week in Santa
Clara, Calif.

“The most eye-opening session included top CIOs and corporate
technologists from BP; Kaiser Permanente, a big health-care
provider; Lockheed Martin; and Unilever…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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