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Re:Twilio’s Biggest Partnership: AT&T Will Resell Its Cloud ... by wikwocket on Thursday September 27, 2012 @01:25PM (#4581739)
Good reminder that small warm-blooded mammals shouldn't necessarily fear gigantic dinosaurs. And that competition can be a good thing, if only for market validation.

I can totally see how a large company providing a general/basic service could be a big help to someone who provides a specialized, customized service in that space. It's free advertising for the space as a whole... you could almost view it as stage 1 of your funnel.

But be careful what you wish for with the bingo card software... I have a friend at SAIC, and if that contract came through, we might have to take up your challenge. ;)

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Re:Twilio’s Biggest Partnership: AT&T Will Resell Its Cloud ... by rmc on Friday September 28, 2012 @06:45AM (#4584927)
Not only the "general/basic" vs. "specialized customized", but I presume patio11 is betting on the software coming out of a megacorp to be rubbish and hard to use, and rarely able to adapt to changes from customers.
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