That being said, SAP attracts a much more "sensitive" price-point, which can be a battle onto itself (even in a billion dollar corporation).
Ontop of that, if someone where to roll out a ERP system thats cheaper, not as "rich" then the SAP versions but similiar in implementation / design - why not? I've seen enterprise level corporations adopt some weird IT Strategies, and at first glance you think they are absolutely crazy - but other factors also contribute to choice. eg: - internal resources, whats available and how do I buy more resources in order to maintain and build components. - current employment market, if you were to adopt SAP based solutions, whats the development market like in your region and can you outsource effectively. - budget constraints, what is the timeline in implementation of SAP vs Other. Theres a lot of comparison(s) and meetings that go on just to decide the technology of choice, and although I personally am quite impressed with SAP's ability to deliver, It can also be a price-issue/existing infrustructure issue at the end, especially if you have folks in-house who have worked on legacy mainframes for 10+ years and want to fade them out with new technologies, someone still needs to be here to translate into the new 'breed'. I've also stated that sometimes its the absolute cheapest to buy the most expensive solution. I wouldn't carbon-copy SAP's abilities, but simply offer a diverse approach to something they do, did you not watch the presentation? innovation?????? On 6/8/05, Chad Renando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/7/05, Ayudh Nagara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey man, don't mean to sound discouraging but just trying to be > > realistic here. You will not get anywhere trying to battle head-on > > against industry behemoths like SAP, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, etc. > > Nothing to do with how good your product is, it's all about the > > mindshare that their marketing dollars can buy, and I'm assuming (tell > > me if I'm wrong) that your pockets are not as deep as theirs. > > > > Not discouraged at all. Google's a really good search engine. Let me > give Yahoo a ring and let them know to wrap it up and go work for > them. Microsoft is pretty well known. Better let the Linux and Mac > folks know they need to stop what they're doing. > > There's always room for someone to make a go of it. May work, may > not, but my bet is there's always room, always a weakness in the > competition to capitalize on. Didn't say I wanted to be as big as > SAP. > > But that's just the capitalism-lovin' American in me. > > Chad > who is humming the American national anthem... > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com http://www.flexcoder.com ("Waiting for FLEX NCL to arrive") --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
