Another humorous take on cloud computing. This version (authored by Netsuite) is obviously slanted to show the cloud computing strength of Netsuite versus Great Plains and SAP.
The product name “Great Plains” is used to poke fun at the product’s Fargo North Dakota roots. Those familiar with the Great Plains software will of course realize that Microsoft now owns the product and has rebranded it under the Microsoft label.
Of course anyone who sat in on Netsuite’s latest earnings call knows that they reported essentially flat license growth. That lead us to proclaim that Netsuite appears to lose customers as fast as they replace them.
Now, just thinking of the script for the Microsoft response video (not that they'll do one).
NetSuite Guy: “Hello, I'm standing here with five happy customers that bought our cloud solution last year.”
Dynamics Guy: “Five? Hey NetSuite, you know there's only three people still standing there, don't you?”
NetSuite Guy: “Um…”
Dynamics Guy: “and two of them don't look all that happy…”