:Fortune: Execs Tell Software Makers: 'Some of You Are Doomed'
Fortune: Execs Tell Software Makers: 'Some of You Are Doomed' May 6, 2005, 20 :30 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (7491 reads) (Other stories by David Kirkpatrick)
"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..."