IBM Partners Blocked from Rational Conference
From the newswire (eWeek), IBM Partners Blocked from Rational Conference.
At least one vendor, Genuitec, maker of the MyEclipse IDE (integrated development environment) has said an IBM official called its representative and told them Genuitec was not welcome at the Rational Software Development Conference this year. Another company, AccuRev, which markets software configuration management and other solutions that compete with Rational’s products, received a similar call. Both companies attended RSDC last year and exhibited in the event’s exhibit area.
Maybe this is one of the inhibitors to the creation of the external WebSphere community that I long for. If they want to say that it’s a closed-door conference for Rational, that’s fine. But why were they allowed to attend previously?
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April 14th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Hi Dan,
Thank you for bringing this to light. We have responded on our blog, and I encourage you and your readers to read it.
http://www.jroller.com/myeclipseblog/entry/a_penny_rational_a_pound
Best,
Allison
Genuitec, LLC
April 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Hi Allison,
Thanks for dropping by.
I can’t say that I’m surprised. IBM doesn’t place an appropriate value on the damage that ’shunning’ can do.
I left more comments on your own blog but to my own readers, I see this just as another example of IBM’s lack of care/drive/accountability to actually foster an external community.