Still I guess IBM made a ton of money with Websphere.
Stefan Tilkov @stilkov
12 Feb 2016
“What's the biggest technology mistake you ever made?” – “When I was at IBM, I started a product called Websphere” bbc.com/news/business-119449…
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@ewolff Weird, it’s almost as if you believed good technology and market success were related in any way.
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@stilkov I'm confused - didn't I just say that quality of a technology and market success are not that closely related?
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@ewolff @stilkov bad software requires bad support and consulting ;-).
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@phaus @stilkov bad software opens business opportunities for support and consulting.
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@ewolff @stilkov do you have any example for bad software and great support? ;-)
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@phaus @ewolff What made you think support needs to be great to generate a ton of money? That would only apply if users were in power.

Feb 15, 2016 · 9:44 AM UTC

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@stilkov @phaus Actually bad support might create more revenue. Like that guy that was paid two week to install Websphere on one server...
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