The Irony of Sage – You Are What You Eat
On July 6th, 2009 by Duane Jackson
Dennis Howlett blogged today that Sage may never get SaaS. Ultimately he offered the same proposed solution as I did back in May: that they should spin off a new company – seperate from the current management – specifically to work on the SaaS problems they face.
What I loved about the post though was the delicious irony of it all.
Sage buy software firms that have a good customer base but are essentially old, tired and over the hill with declining organic growth.
From Dennis’s analysis, Sage have become what they have acquired – old, tired and over the hill with declining organic growth.
With that in mind, I’ve devised them a new name and logo (above) which they’re welcome to use.
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Tags: Accmanpro, Sage, SageLive
July 7th, 2009 at 6:14 am
That certainly raised an early morning chuckle. :)
Does that mean later this year or early next, we’ll get a second release to our screens?
“Sage: The Saga continues” or possibly “Sag[a|e]: Revenge of the SaaS”?
July 20th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Amusing but aren’t you poking a sleeping tiger? Maybe they’ll make you an offer for Kashflow you can’t refuse (or maybe they won’t now).
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:42 pm
You’ve missed one essential point from your analysis. “Sage buy software firms with good customer bases .. with declining organic growth”, and then they extra additional value from the customers.
It’s what they do, and surely their long term financial results say they do it well?
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Hi Jonathan – I certainly wouldn’t disagree with that.