Some Gun Retailers Banned From Using Salesforce Software: Report
1st June 2019
Software giant Salesforce will no longer allow retailers who sell some types of firearms to use its software, the Washington Post reports.
Well, that ought to make the decision about what CRM software to use a bit easier. Speaking as someone who has had to attempt to connect to SalesForce data for reporting purposes, I’v e never been impressed with the quality of their software.
This is the principle defect in the whole ‘software as a service’ concept. If you buy the software, you can use it or not, as you please. If you are merely renting the software, then the vendor can cut you off for any damned reason it pleases, including political correctness. This is why I don’t pay for streaming music services — the convenience doesn’t compensate for the insecurity. Never base your life on a service provided by someone else if you can avoid it; and, if you must, make sure that there are alternatives.
UPDATE: Eric S Raymond agrees – The dangerous folly of “Software as a Service”