Monthly Archives: October 2009

Dreamforce 09: What will you take home this year?

Posted on by Jeff Grosse in Dreamforce, News | 8 Comments

Anyone who knows me reasonably well knows I’m a Disney fanatic.  Whether it’s my coffee cup, my Goofy winter hat, reading blogs about it or going to the theme parks each year, I enjoy Disney all the time.  Their theme for 2009 has been “What will you celebrate?”  The goal is to get people in the park to celebrate anything; a birthday, wedding, anniversary, first tooth, or whatever.  This past summer, my wife and I went to Disneyland for our …

The Case Against the $113.4 Million Software Upgrade

Posted on by Jeff Grosse in News, Upgrades | 13 Comments

Suppose 63,000 companies that use the same software decide to take part in the world’s largest mass software upgrade event.  They all wanted to take advantage of some the great new features made available in “Snowman 10″, the code-name given to this new release.  They divide themselves into two groups and agree that group A will upgrade on one Friday night and group B will upgrade the following Friday night. All the companies realize that in order to make this …