Friday, September 13, 2002
AvantGo, Socket, Odyssey Software say bye to one
Posted by Andy Sjostrom in "THOUGHT" @ 02:30 AM
In 1999 I attended a Windows CE / Pocket PC conference at Microsoft Campus, Redmond. The invited conference attendees were book authors, system integrators, and OEMs. The primary focus was the Pocket PC platform that was about to be launched in the coming months. Some speakers were Microsoft Program Managers while some were Microsoft partners. I still remember that I jotted down in my notepad:
"Stocks to watch:
AvantGo
Socket Communications
Odyssey Software"
I was impressed with how these companies viewed the mobile world: not always online, both offline and online, connectivity between mobile phones and PDAs, reliable middleware between device and corporate infrastructure. I think back at that list when reading the article "AvantGo CEO quits as company is delisted" that says: "AvantGo Inc. Chairman and CEO Richard Owen announced his resignation Tuesday, as shares of the struggling mobile software maker were booted from the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.'s exchange for failing to meet Nasdaq's minimum price requirements."
AvantGo, AvantGo! What have you done? What started out very nicely, has come to a very troublesome halt. Personally, I believe AvantGo has failed in finding the balance between consumer and Enterprise. They charge Enterprise $ for consumer content, and bring consumer technology to the Enterprise. I suggest getting back to basics: consumer $ for consumer content, and Enterprise technology for Enterprise.
Socket Communications and Odyssey Software are both doing very well, which they deserve. Two out of three is ok, don't you think?
"Stocks to watch:
AvantGo
Socket Communications
Odyssey Software"
I was impressed with how these companies viewed the mobile world: not always online, both offline and online, connectivity between mobile phones and PDAs, reliable middleware between device and corporate infrastructure. I think back at that list when reading the article "AvantGo CEO quits as company is delisted" that says: "AvantGo Inc. Chairman and CEO Richard Owen announced his resignation Tuesday, as shares of the struggling mobile software maker were booted from the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.'s exchange for failing to meet Nasdaq's minimum price requirements."
AvantGo, AvantGo! What have you done? What started out very nicely, has come to a very troublesome halt. Personally, I believe AvantGo has failed in finding the balance between consumer and Enterprise. They charge Enterprise $ for consumer content, and bring consumer technology to the Enterprise. I suggest getting back to basics: consumer $ for consumer content, and Enterprise technology for Enterprise.
Socket Communications and Odyssey Software are both doing very well, which they deserve. Two out of three is ok, don't you think?
