We can never know how the forces end up playing the cards. After all the links between ServiceNow and Remedy/BMC are not very distant.
ServiceNow is a software-as-a-service<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service> (SaaS) provider of IT service management<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IT_service_management> (ITSM) software. It was founded in 2003 by Fred Luddy<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fred_Luddy&action=edit&redlink=1>, the previous CTO of Peregrine Systems<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_Systems> and Remedy Corporation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedy_Corporation>. The M in BMC John Jay Moores *-- *He founded BMC Software<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_Software> in Texas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas> in 1980 and was the lead venture capital financier for Peregrine Systems<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_Systems> in California starting in 1981 as well as ServiceNow<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ServiceNow> another California corporation founded in 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moores_(baseball) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ServiceNow On Monday, May 6, 2013 9:46:58 AM UTC-7, arslist wrote: > > ** > > Peregrine bought the company, I guess they don’t exist anymore so I can’t > be sued, to destroy it. It was competition they wanted eliminated, IMHO > based on their actions and the words at the Peregrine Synergy conference I > attended in 2002. > > > > Whilst this current buyout looks less sinister in those terms, we of > course need to wait to see how it all plays out. There is some talk that it > will split off the mainframe from the rest, but I haven’t heard any rumours > about what they want to do with both pieces. I think the Remedy brand and > the ITSM product are too valuable for anyone to want to eliminate them, > other than Service-Now, and I don’t think they have the financial resources > to buy it. > > > > WWRUG13 is getting more and more interesting J > > > > [Oracle World is the Week before, lol]. > > > > Daniel > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > ars...@arslist.org <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *William Rentfrow > *Sent:* May 6, 2013 10:10 AM > *To:* ars...@arslist.org <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: huh? financial news for bmc ? > > > > ** > > I have $1 on this being "Peregrine 2.0". > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ > mailto:...@ARSLIST.ORG <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *laurent matheo > *Sent:* Monday, May 06, 2013 8:37 AM > *To:* ars...@arslist.org <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: huh? financial news for bmc ? > > > > ** > > I just hope some guys I know at BMC will be ok after the buyout... > This could good or this could be a disaster... > > > On 06 May, 2013,at 03:32 PM, Sylvain YVON <sylvai...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > ** > > > https://communities.bmc.com/people/mstouse/blog/2013/05/06/bmc-software-writes-a-new-line-of-code-today?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter > > > > On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:42 PM, patrick zandi > <reme...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > ** > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/06/bmc_buyout/ > > Buyout soon... > > -- > Patrick Zandi > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6292 - Release Date: 05/02/13 > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
