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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I agree with Victor, most of our clients are Salesforce clients
and we integrate with Drupal. Its great.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Remember, Drupal has users but isn’t a CRM so comparing the two isn’t
fair. MS Dynamics will lose on the content and community side and Drupal will
lose on the CRM side.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The right solution will depend on the business need.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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consulting-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Victor Kane<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [consulting] Microsoft Dynamics vs Drupal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Well, you might wander in with a Sidekick open, muttering
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<p class=MsoNormal>Suggest Drupal + Salesforce CRM integration (see salesforce
module).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Victor Kane<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Jeff <<a
href="mailto:jeff@marmaladesoul.com">jeff@marmaladesoul.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<br>
<br>
We’re working with a client whose management have decided that moving<br>
toward a Microsoft Dynamics CRM solution may be better than doing<br>
their CRM in a custom Drupal environment. I have no experience or<br>
knowledge (nor interest in) Microsoft Dynamics, so would be keen to<br>
hear the combined knowledge of this group regarding how it might<br>
compare with a bespoke Drupal solution.<br>
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Obviously I have a vested interest in Drupal being the better<br>
solution, but don’t want to be ignorant, so if anyone can share their<br>
thoughts on the pros and cons of each platform, that would be very<br>
interesting to us. Please bear in mind that (together with the client)<br>
we are entirely capable of developing a very customised solution, so<br>
we’re not talking about a simplistic install of Drupal with a few<br>
contrib modules, but rather leveraging Drupal as a framework enabling<br>
us to more rapidly develop a customised solution tailored specifically<br>
to their business requirements.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
<span style='color:#888888'>Jeff<br>
<a href="http://marmaladesoul.com" target="_blank">http://marmaladesoul.com</a><br>
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