Report slams SAP software

[Parker, Ron]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hanasaki JiJi [mailto:hanasaki at hanaden.com]

> More than half the companies using software from SAP, 
> Europe's largest 
> software group, have not achieved a return on their investment, 
> according to an independent survey to be published on Monday.

Friends don't let friends run SAP.  

SAP may rhyme with Clap but penicillin won't cure the it.

SAP'ing your resources.

When you have an enemy^h^h^h^h^competitor in a strong position what do you
do?  Send in the SAP'pers.

I could go on but I won't.

Seriously anyone ever involved with (or subjected to) a SAP deployment knows
its a big disaster.  The only thing SAP was ever really good at was
generating revenue for The Big 6 consulting agencies that were involved with
most deployments.  While they are great at pontificating how IS should be
done, as a rule they are lousy in the execution.  Consider that their
revenue is maximized when bringing as many staff members as possible to bare
on a deployment for as long as possible.  

Given this business model, selling, deploying and installing unnecessarily
complex software is in their best interest.  Although not in the clients
best interests.  I have seen my share of $6,000 toilet seats from these
groups.  Fortunately my current employer has made judicious use of them and
never been roped into a long-term dead-end commitment with them.

I will say, the opinions in this email are my own and not necessarily those
of my employer.