Re:Google Plots Course to Overtake Cloud Rivals
by jrockway on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @09:33PM
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> They have a huge sales team with a monsterous entertainment budget to land "traditional" companies.
This is the disillusionment I experienced in the B2B industry. Nobody cares about your products, they just care about getting free stuff from you. When people are buying something for a company, the money they're spending isn't theirs... but they're the one that gets free sports tickets or free dinners or whatever. It almost feels like stealing to me, but it's "business as usual".
Re:Google Plots Course to Overtake Cloud Rivals
by jrockway on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @11:41AM
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I completely agree but that is how it all works. I think if the IRS wanted to crack down on this, the US economy would grind to a halt. (I never see people paying taxes on these gifts.)
This is the disillusionment I experienced in the B2B industry. Nobody cares about your products, they just care about getting free stuff from you. When people are buying something for a company, the money they're spending isn't theirs... but they're the one that gets free sports tickets or free dinners or whatever. It almost feels like stealing to me, but it's "business as usual".