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

“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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