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By Vinnie Mirchandani on February 9, 2010
There was another flurry of media/analyst/blogger activity around SAP yesterday as Dr. Hasso Plattner explained the way forward after Leo Apotheker resigned. I did not attend that press conference. Just like I did not the 5+ hour media circus around Oracle/Sun a couple of weeks ago. Or the recent IBM Lotusphere.
Honestly, they remind me of what Gen. Colin Powell often says. 150 million in the world are causing us difficulties – in Iran, in N. Korea etc whereas 6 billion are looking forward to wealth creation and improving life. But on TV each night, it is about Afghanistan, Iraq and other trouble spots.
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