I don't know, a developer and even a consultant should try and learn new stuff every day. Maybe at 50 the flame is gone, but we can't rely on a single vendor for our careers on the long term, can we ?
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Joe D'Souza <jdso...@shyle.net> wrote: > Unless off course the plan is to cash the cow while it still alive and > well with a who cares what happens to it after you get your money kind of > an attitude.. > > I, just like you, am hoping to not have to learn new tricks either for at > least as long as another decade. > > Unless that trick happens to be around the Remedy Developer Studio as that > might give Jason, Rod and I, some more material to present at the RUG :) > > Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Howard Richter > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:02 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: huh? financial news for bmc ? > > Dan, > > What all of my business classes and reading of the Wall Street Journal > have taught me is that you need to have the plans in place before you make > an offer on a company. > > So I am sure that they had the plans drawn out of what they will be doing > with Remedy and the other pieces of BMC, before they made the first offer. > > And if Oracle was part of it, they reached out to them as well (either > directly or indirectly). > > I just want Remedy to be around for another 10 or so years, then I can > retire and not need to learn something new. Its true what they say you can > teach an old dog (or in this case Gator) new tricks. > > Have a great weekend, > > hbr > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of arslist > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:20 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: huh? financial news for bmc ? > > I'll pretend it is Friday: Oracle World is coincidentally the week before > WWRUG13. They could announce there and then everyone stays for a second > week. > > From what I read, the initial deal should close just around the time we > hold our conference, so unless they are working the selling parts of BMC in > the meantime, it is going to be 2014 before any of that happens, or does > Bane, I mean Bain, have a track record of making these decisions quickly > and before the deals close? > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Pierson, Shawn > Sent: May 9, 2013 8:42 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: huh? financial news for bmc ? > > I'm curious, why would Remedy being sold to SAP or Oracle be a negative > thing in your opinion? I think it's big enough that it wouldn't be > swallowed up inside of one of their applications (how long has it taken > Oracle to combine the eBusiness Suite with PeopleSoft despite the products > directly competing?) I can see if support deteriorates, maintenance goes > up, or some other unknown odd factor, but it seems to me like it might be > an opportunity for Remedy to be implemented in shops that may not have a > good ITSM solution but already have installs of SAP, Oracle, or whoever > hypothetically buys Remedy. If that's a pessimistic scenario it doesn't > seem too bad to me. > > Thanks, > > Shawn Pierson > Remedy Developer | Energy Transfer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Lee Cullom > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 6:07 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: huh? financial news for bmc ? > > Since it's incredibly fun to speculate on this situation, I'll offer up: > > - Bain will look at the profitability of the various pieces/business units > - Mainframe, Service Management, etc... > - They'll tear out the ugly pieces and get them in the hands of someone > who can use them (Elliot's involvement indicates that Compuware might be > involved) > - They'll take the profitable pieces and put probably keep them with the > newly private BMC that needs to invest in ESM. > > So, I'm thinking... Patrol and it's ilk will end up with Compuware since > it will give them a larger stack of monitoring tools. > Mainframe/Batch Management - IBM? That would make sense. The new Z's are > coming... sure would help to pick up some nice new batch management > technology to go with that shiny new hardware and make it part of the > Tivoli product line. > Service Management - BMC grew the business significantly (per the > financials yesterday)... and they need to transition to PaaS (for the > Enterprise, that's Remedy) to grow dramatically. That will require > investment and innovation (this is an optimistic scenario for ARlist)... > and an AppExchange like community (this group) to develop new offerings > that are needed to compete with ServiceNow (such as HR Call Center, > Facilities Management, etc...). This will require some heavy ARsystem work > as well (go Doug!) to make it MORE ready for the cloud. > > Remedyforce is the SaaS offering for small mid-size with the inferior PaaS > capabilies of Salesforce.com (proprietary Apex coding) and different price > point. > > The pessimistic scenario is that Remedy gets thrown o SAP or Oracle to > become another app that is part of those gianormous suites (like Oracle > EBS). > > However, this much is certain. There are going to be changes at some > point with new ownership. > > Now, please continue the speculation... This is a fun topic! > > > > For our latest product demonstrations, please visit � > http://www.youtube.com/user/northcraftanalytics > > Lee Cullom | Northcraft Analytics > IT Metrics Specialist | Business Intelligence for ITSM Direct - > 678-438-7244 | lee.cul...@northcraftanalytics.com > Main - (678) 664-ITSM > > http://www.northcraftanalytics.com > > > THE CONTENTS OF THIS EMAIL, INCLUDING THE CONTENTS OF ANY ATTACHMENTS > HERETO, CONSTITUTES �CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION� AND IS SUBJECT TO A > CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RECIPIENT AND > NORTHCRAFT ANALYTICS LLC. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Jesse > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 10:29 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: huh? financial news for bmc ? > > Depends on your definition of "successful" Bain makes money for stock > holders ... yes successful company??? well.... > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "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" > > Private and confidential as detailed here: > http://www.energytransfer.com/mail_disclaimer.aspx . If you cannot > access the link, please e-mail sender. > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > "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" > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > "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" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
