[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: Distinct OpenEdge Developer Tools? (ISV vs Enterprise-Direct)

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ISVs are not locked into Progress, even though Amduus is an ISV, it has wandered away quite often. I think from an investors point of view, ISVs can sell the product over and over building market share in Progress. For enterprise-direct, it is only one user. It might be a big user, but it is one user. Think of it like this, you work for a company and your boss decides s/he hates you. Your out of money. That is enterprise-direct. If you own the company, and you and a client get in a tiff - not so bad, because you have other clients... that is, additional streams of revenue you can count on. That is the difference from an investors point of view.

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