Comments on: Open source database poll highlights barriers to adoption http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/ A blog for the enterprise open source community Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-8725 James Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:23:42 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/#comment-8725 If you want folks from large enterprises to participate in conferences and surveys, you need to find topics of interest to them. Way too many conferences are filled with vendor presentations that are not really of interest where they essentially payed for the privelege to speak to us. Sadly, many of us are not listening... If you want folks from large enterprises to participate in conferences and surveys, you need to find topics of interest to them. Way too many conferences are filled with vendor presentations that are not really of interest where they essentially payed for the privelege to speak to us. Sadly, many of us are not listening…

]]> By: Raven Zachary http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-5493 Raven Zachary Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:46:59 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/#comment-5493 Anthony - good point. In all likelihood, it skewed towards the individual contributor (e.g. developer, system administrator, etc.), which may explain why the status quo did not come up as a top reason. Anthony – good point. In all likelihood, it skewed towards the individual contributor (e.g. developer, system administrator, etc.), which may explain why the status quo did not come up as a top reason.

]]> By: Anthony Gold http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-5349 Anthony Gold Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:15:20 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/#comment-5349 Although IT professionals are certainly a major factor affecting the uptake of open source databases (and all other open source software products for that matter), other key decision makers exist, particularly in the larger companies. And, those decision makers are increasingly being found in the CIO office. One of my disappointments from the past SF LinuxWorld was the absence of a large number of those types of business executives. So, I wonder how the survey might have been affected had that constituency been taken into account? Now, having postulated that, I still believe that reliability and high-availability are a concern, but you are absolutely correct Raven in suggesting status quo is as well. To displace an incumbent is not as simple as having a better feature set or a cheaper product. The entire ecosystem of features, channels, cost, and support need to create enough “customer value” to warrant a customer change. Anthony Gold, Unisys Corporation Although IT professionals are certainly a major factor affecting the uptake of open source databases (and all other open source software products for that matter), other key decision makers exist, particularly in the larger companies. And, those decision makers are increasingly being found in the CIO office. One of my disappointments from the past SF LinuxWorld was the absence of a large number of those types of business executives. So, I wonder how the survey might have been affected had that constituency been taken into account? Now, having postulated that, I still believe that reliability and high-availability are a concern, but you are absolutely correct Raven in suggesting status quo is as well. To displace an incumbent is not as simple as having a better feature set or a cheaper product. The entire ecosystem of features, channels, cost, and support need to create enough “customer value” to warrant a customer change.

Anthony Gold, Unisys Corporation

]]> By: Raven Zachary http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-5318 Raven Zachary Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:04:12 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/#comment-5318 Fixed. Thank you for letting me know. Fixed. Thank you for letting me know.

]]> By: Jonathan Cheyer http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-5316 Jonathan Cheyer Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:08:06 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/09/21/open-source-database-poll-highlights-barriers-to-adoption/#comment-5316 Hi Raven, could you fix the link to our site? It should be http://www.solidtech.com. Thanks! --Jonathan Cheyer, Open Source Community Manager, Solid Information Technology. Hi Raven, could you fix the link to our site? It should be http://www.solidtech.com. Thanks! –Jonathan Cheyer, Open Source Community Manager, Solid Information Technology.

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