It's the same reason why Windows and Android are popular. Humans are idiots and corporate IT staff are totally worth less idiots. When Indeal with them I always have to walk them they the fix. Which I can not due because the lock down every stupid bit of Windows that the poor thing is a slow nasty mess.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2016, at 9:24 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ed, > > Wonder how the company has grown so large? Your not the only one that I > have heard the same. > > John > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 5, 2016, at 9:05 PM, Ed Wiser <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> We use SAP at work. The most horrible piece of software crap I have ever >> been forced to use. 😀 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 5, 2016, at 8:34 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Thought you folks might like to see this…it’s really a big deal, now Apple >>> has Cisco, IBM, and SAP….the latter is most likely going to be the most >>> beneficial. >>> >>> As far as the performance of the Pro, it’s outstanding. I needed the >>> fingerprint use for ApplePay (for on line payments by the end of the year) >>> and access to a brokerage account…I traded in an older iPad and purchased >>> the 12 inch Pro. >>> >>> REALLY fast, like being on a laptop. The split screen is great for my use >>> and in our residence the demarcation for all the mechanical and technical >>> equipment is in the lowest level in the furtherest corner in the house. >>> Nothing, be it a laptop or any of the iPads or iPhones are barely usable in >>> the top floor on the opposite end of the house, video streaming is >>> completely out of the question. >>> >>> No longer, the Pro has almost full bars connectivity, and I stream a video >>> off YouTube every morning as I am getting ready for the day. No >>> hesitation, no buffering…FINALLY. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> Apple and SAP to Develop IPhone, IPad Apps for Businesses >>> Aaron Ricadela >>> May 5, 2016 — 2:30 PM EDT >>> >>> >>> >>> Apple Inc. and SAP SE are joining up to deliver software for iPhones and >>> iPads, opening a new avenue for Apple to reach businesses at a time when >>> sales of its mobile devices have tapered. >>> >>> SAP will develop hundreds of apps specifically designed for Apple’s iOS >>> operating system for doctors, industrial field technicians and retailers. >>> The two companies will release a software development kit by the end of the >>> year to let SAP customers and consultants write native apps for Apple >>> devices that take advantage of features such as location and touch sign-in. >>> The deal has the potential to attract millions of software developers and >>> sell millions of devices, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and SAP >>> CEO Bill McDermott said in an interview. >>> >>> “I think back to 2008 when we opened the App Store for consumers,” Cook >>> said. “This is sort of the equivalent of that for the enterprise space. >>> Enterprise has not really taken advantage of all the great things that >>> happen with mobility.” >>> >>> The agreement, which the two CEOs sealed last October, would give Apple >>> access to tens of thousands of companies that run SAP’s business software >>> and some 2.5 million developers who customize its programs, which manage >>> operations including accounting, manufacturing, sales and human resources. >>> >>> Apple two years ago teamed with International Business Machines Corp. to >>> create dozens of iOS apps for industries including energy, health care and >>> air travel. Last year, the Cupertino, California-based company inked an >>> agreement with Cisco Systems Inc. that makes it easier for white-collar >>> workers to take calls and videoconferences from iPads and iPhones. In >>> September, Apple introduced the iPad Pro, a tablet for business users with >>> a bigger screen and a stylus. >>> As of last October, Apple’s 12-month sales to large businesses had >>> increased 40 percent to $25 billion from the year earlier, Cook said. >>> >>> New Markets >>> >>> Getting access to customers of big IT suppliers including SAP, IBM and >>> Cisco could help Apple at a time when its era of blockbuster growth has >>> come to an end, as the consumer market becomes saturated. Apple’s fiscal >>> second-quarter sales fell 13 percent as it sold 10 million fewer iPhones >>> and iPad sales continued to slide. Cook has said the smartphone market >>> isn’t growing, and Apple shares have lost more than a quarter of their >>> value in the past year. >>> >>> “This is all about transforming the way people work,” Cook said. SAP’s >>> platform and the new development kit “really unleashes millions of people >>> writing apps for iOS -- we think we can do that in a major way.” >>> >>> The agreement also illustrates a shift in how businesses roll out software. >>> Protracted projects have yielded to shorter ones that make new functions >>> available more quickly to workers. That means SAP is succumbing to the same >>> forces that have stung software sales at Oracle Corp. and IBM. The German >>> company’s software license sales fell 13 percent in its most recent quarter >>> and McDermott said it’s taking longer to sign deals. >>> >>> McDermott said he can see millions of device sales happening as a result of >>> the agreement, which will serve as a counterweight to rival Salesforce.com >>> Inc.’s programming tools. >>> >>> ‘Better Idea’ >>> >>> “Where they were getting traction was Force.com and that became a >>> billion-dollar business for them,” he said of his competitor. “That’s a >>> great strategy until someone else comes along with a better idea.” >>> >>> McDermott has long advocated Apple devices as a showcase for SAP’s software >>> -- he once got a phone call from Steve Jobs after ordering 4,000 iPads for >>> SAP’s sales staff in 2010 before the tablet’s introduction. >>> >>> SAP’s new wave of i-applications will be written in Apple’s Swift language, >>> promising faster response times and better access to underlying iOS >>> technologies as the apps connect to SAP systems in companies’ data centers. >>> The software development kit for outside programmers will also let them >>> build native iOS apps in Swift that talk to SAP’s S/4 Hana software suite >>> and pull information from its Hana database. >>> >>> SAP is also setting up technology training centers for customers and >>> partners in Palo Alto, California; Bangalore, India; and at its Walldorf, >>> Germany, headquarters. >>> >>> “Two things stop people from enjoying mobility benefits: They worry about >>> security or they worry about integrating with their back end systems,” Cook >>> said. SAP’s and Apple’s strengths can address that, he said. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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