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> From: invalid_address@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: IM Consumability Survey
> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:28:34 -0700
> To: informix-list@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Ian Michael Gumby" <im_gumby@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > So to translate IBM speak, this survey is trying to understand which
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> This is the phrase that sounded cynical to me and is what triggered my
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Dude you really need to put down the micro brew and step outside and smell
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We live in a capitalistic economy driven life. You dont' produce, you're
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So the more kit being sold, the more likely we'll keep you on the payroll
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> But I shall reiterate that the survey does not only ask about customer
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Again, the Pain is what are the business drivers that must be resolved.
> BTW it's not called "SSM" anymore.
Really?
So what have they started to call it these days?
SSM is well known by legions of IBM sales critters.=20
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<br><br>> From: invalid_address@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: IM
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umability Survey<br>> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:28:34 -0700<br>> To:
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informix-list@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> <br>> > "Ian Michael Gumby"
<im_g=
umby@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote in message<br>> > So to translate IBM
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eak, this survey is trying to understand which of <br>> your
buttons<br>=
> > they can press to help push more kit.<br>> <br>> This is
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the phrase that sounded cynical to me and is what triggered my first
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t; reply. Perhaps we could take a survey to see if others also think it
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nds <br>> cynical. :-)<br>> <br>Cynical? <br>Dude you really need to
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put down the micro brew and step outside and smell the fresh air.<br>We
liv=
e in a capitalistic economy driven life. You dont' produce, you're made
red=
undant.<br>So the more kit being sold, the more likely we'll keep you on
th=
e payroll rather than place your job in Mumbai...<br><br><br>> But I
sha=
ll reiterate that the survey does not only ask about customer pain
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to help the sales force "push" people's "buttons." It also asks so that
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r>> engineering can work to remove the sources of pain. Answers toward
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he "high <br>> pain" side of the spectrum do help generate decisions to
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fund IDS <br>> development projects and features that directly address
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hose pain points.<br>> <br><br>Again, the Pain is what are the business
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drivers that must be resolved.<br><br>> BTW it's not called "SSM"
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e.<br>Really?<br>So what have they started to call it these days?<br>SSM
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