"These big, proprietary systems and their requisite entourage of consultants and proprietary tools are about to go the way of the dinosaur."
I wouldn't count on it. SAP growth has exploded over last few years, and despite everyone knowing that its 'the emperor's new clothes' it just keeps on spreading like a cancer. My guess is SAP has at least a decade left before the upper suits wise up. Why should they wise up now? Nobody ever gets fired for buying SAP. Companies go bankrupt because of SAP but nobody gets fired..
That whole article was just FUD and advertising from SAP, and probably paid for. By taking it seriously you are in fact lowering yourself to the level of PHB. What is this obsession with 'mature' - its just another word thats overused and ready for bullshit bingo. A systems basic quality has little to do with how new it is, if it was well written the bugs will be easy to fix. If it was written poorly you will need an army of consultants regardless of how 'mature' it is.
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"These big, proprietary systems and their requisite entourage of consultants and proprietary tools are about to go the way of the dinosaur." I wouldn't count on it. SAP growth has exploded over last few years, and despite everyone knowing that its 'the emperor's new clothes' it just keeps on spreading like a cancer. My guess is SAP has at least a decade left before the upper suits wise up. Why should they wise up now? Nobody ever gets fired for buying SAP. Companies go bankrupt because of SAP but nobody gets fired..
That whole article was just FUD and advertising from SAP, and probably paid for. By taking it seriously you are in fact lowering yourself to the level of PHB. What is this obsession with 'mature' - its just another word thats overused and ready for bullshit bingo. A systems basic quality has little to do with how new it is, if it was well written the bugs will be easy to fix. If it was written poorly you will need an army of consultants regardless of how 'mature' it is.