I  have no idea what SAP is or means?????
Mary Ann




> On May 5, 2016, at 9:29 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I remember your trepidation at first over IBM, now as you realize all these 
> new alliances will benefit FileMaker developers you are going to need staff, 
> Penthouse office & a fleet of vehicles.   
> 
> John
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 5, 2016, at 9:17 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> On May 5, 2016, at 8:34 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> “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.
>> 
>> As an Apple stockholder, I love it! Sell more iPads! Please! Work your way 
>> into the enterprise in any way you can! Go for it!
>> 
>> As a developer in the business space, of course, another of my warring 
>> personalities has a much more visceral perspective.
>> 
>> Back then I worried about how the Apple and IBM alliance would affect 
>> FileMaker’s business, but I haven’t yet found anyone from FMI that sounded 
>> the least bit worried about it. I also have seen nothing in my milieu that 
>> has been touched by its tendrils in any way. 
>> 
>> Now that SAP is also drinking the iOS kool-aid, it’s just more of the same: 
>> they only serve the big guys.
>> 
>> <shamelessplug>
>> 
>> The much larger number of entities in the small to medium-sized business 
>> space that need just as much (if not more) mobility, security, flexibility 
>> and power and can’t afford the elephants in the room turn to the mouse that 
>> roared: FileMaker.
>> 
>> </shamelessplug>
>> 
>> --
>> Jonathan Fletcher
>> FileMaker Certified Developer (9 thru 14)
>> 
>> Fletcher Data Consulting, LLC
>> A FileMaker Business Alliance Partner
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>> 
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