tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639021.post311554152431310070..comments2024-03-05T04:05:47.416-08:00Comments on The Wisdom of Ganesh: Who is the best Vendor of Collaboration Technology?prasadgchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00179696156998026173noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639021.post-73679493311671380742007-10-15T09:20:00.000-07:002007-10-15T09:20:00.000-07:00Quote:"No commercial vendor (organised along hiera...Quote:<BR/>"No commercial vendor (organised along hierarchical lines themselves) really understands collaboration well enough to be able to sell good collaboration taools. A good provider of collaboration software needs to "eat their own dog food". Only the Open Source community does that."<BR/><BR/>I'm not trying to push IBM products here but they have been using technologies like wikis, blogs, dogear, profiles internally for years. Do they qualify as "a good provider of collaboration software"?Andreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12554320008652447175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639021.post-86838694420864899832007-10-10T07:42:00.000-07:002007-10-10T07:42:00.000-07:00US,I take your comment on board. Do remember thoug...US,<BR/><BR/>I take your comment on board. Do remember though, that the title is meant to be a rhetorical question. I don't believe *any* commercial vendor is the right source for collaboration technology, especially not the "market leaders".<BR/><BR/>The two points I'm making are:<BR/><BR/>1. Organisations need to change their culture to become more collaborative. You can't just buy a technology and get the benefits of collaboration while still remaining hierarchical and bureaucratic.<BR/>2. No commercial vendor (organised along hierarchical lines themselves) really understands collaboration well enough to be able to sell good collaboration tools. A good provider of collaboration software needs to "eat their own dog food". Only the Open Source community does that.<BR/><BR/>Smart organisations will change their culture to become more collaborative, and they will look to the Open Source community to provide the software tools they need.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Ganeshprasadgchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179696156998026173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639021.post-62247008579417064662007-10-09T18:40:00.000-07:002007-10-09T18:40:00.000-07:00I think the tittle "Who is the best Vendor of Coll...I think the tittle "Who is the best Vendor of Collaboration Technology?" is not the right title.<BR/><BR/>The article discuss more about open source vs the vendors.<BR/><BR/>It highlights whether you need Collaboration tools or not. It will add value if you had done the analysis and provide some tools which are really good.Pravesh Godiyalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044136167606752093noreply@blogger.com