Re: Re: News about Zvi Alon, Ex CEO and Chairman of Netmanage

Thanks for those details Pete... and great to see you here!

I've always been under the understanding that Zvi pulled Ecco because of competition from Outlook, but never knew whether it was part of an deal with MS or some other reason.  You've now clarified that it wasn't about a deal but rather a "personal" decision made by Zvi.

One thing I never knew and always wondered about is how important Ecco profits were to NM at the time.  I can assume that they were not all that important, else Zvi wouldn't have just given up that easily... but I used to wonder about that.  At the time it was pulled, I think Ecco was just hitting its stride... which is one reason it was such a shock.

My only lament about the way the open source thing was handled was that it wasn't figured out earlier in the process that it would cost too much to make it happen... we got strung along for a long time and then literally -- as I remember -- waited until the day of the scheduled release only to be let down.  I can understand that it took time to analyze the situation, but it probably would have been better not to promise a release until that analysis was already done.  It was a painful disappointment to the Ecco community at the time... some of whom, by the way were NM customers for other NM products.

Thanks again for the great insight!  You filled in some great blanks!