Incidentally, this is how all software used to be. When software was an add-on to the millions of dollars of hardware you bought, all the software was custom-w

Incidentally, this is how all software used to be. When software was an add-on to the millions of dollars of hardware you bought, all the software was custom-written for the purchasing business. Once computers got cheap enough that many, many more businesses could afford them, there was an economy of scale that enabled mass-produced shrink-wrapped software. When the software cost went from hundreds of thousands of dollars down to thousands of dollars, businesses changed their practices to match the packaged software because it was cheaper than writing custom. I'm not sure what would ignite that change in ERP because I think the number of businesses that need that scale of organization isn't going to increase dramatically, so there won't be economies of scale. I guess a valid question would be - how many companies aren't using an ERP at all that would benefit if one was available at the right price? My computer centric view makes me forget that some people still use paper and pencil, land lines, and write checks.