July 20, 2007

EnterpriseDB has a huge partisan in FTD

The Register has a rip-roaring story on a (currently partial) conversion from Oracle to EnterpriseDB. Basically, FTD is royally pissed-off at Oracle, and EnterpriseDB stepped in with a very fast conversion.

Apparently, FTD decided they needed to Do Something after a Valentine’s Day meltdown, and the project was completed on EnterpriseDB in time for Mother’s Day.

One note of caution: When a user supports a vendor’s marketing this emphatically, it usually has gotten nice breaks on price and/or service. Your mileage may vary. On the other hand, EnterpriseDB is still a small enough company that, if you want them to love you to death, you can be pretty well assured that you’re important enough to them that they’ll do so.

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2 Responses to “EnterpriseDB has a huge partisan in FTD”

  1. Andy Astor on July 20th, 2007 4:05 pm

    Just for the record, Curt, FTD received no “special breaks on price and/or service.” They loved the product, bought it, put it to work, and then went on record. And we thank them for that!

    Andy Astor, CEO
    EnterpriseDB

  2. Curt Monash on July 21st, 2007 8:44 pm

    Fair enough, Andy!

    But would you agree with my other part — that you’re still small enough to give very attentive service to all of your enterprise customers?

    Best,

    CAM

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