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SAP, IBM and Oracle mostly rely on free fiat money straight from the government or other artificial monopolies to keep their businesses going. They don't need t

SAP, IBM and Oracle mostly rely on free fiat money straight from the government or other artificial monopolies to keep their businesses going. They don't need to deliver anything. What they do is beyond inefficient. Companies would be better off using open source solutions and hiring developers to integrate various systems from scratch.

phatfish 7y ago
Maybe, but I feel like boring business processes are exactly the area where open source solutions are severely lacking. Also, how are these businesses supposes to hire developers if there is no one in house already with the knowledge to ensure they are actually building something useful? They are likely to end up with a barely functioning HR and Accounting system and developers with a load of boxes checked on their CV ready for the next job.
take_a_breath 7y ago
==Companies would be better off using open source solutions and hiring developers to integrate various systems from scratch.== Funny enough, this is the type of solution SAP is typically displacing. There are huge flaws in the fully-customized process you suggest.
kube-system 7y ago
I'm not sure any comparable open source enterprise ERPs even exist. They almost all target small and medium businesses. Enterprise ERPs are gigantic pieces of software. Then there's the issue of expecting a widget-factory to become experts in their own ERP implementation.
Accujack 7y ago
Wow... that's.... nope. ERP software and in particular SAP is awful, has some major limitations, and is a pain to use, but the alternatives are much worse. Only a company like IBM might manage to develop an in-house ERP based on open source technology... but more likely they'd fail. Some "enterprise grade" software is literally that. SAP works. It sucks and it's expensive, but it works.

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SAP, IBM and Oracle mostly rely on free fiat money straight from the government or other artificial monopolies to keep their businesses going. They don't need t

by cryptica 7y ago

phatfish 7y ago
Maybe, but I feel like boring business processes are exactly the area where open source solutions are severely lacking. Also, how are these businesses supposes to hire developers if there is no one in house already with the knowledge to ensure they are actually building something useful? They are likely to end up with a barely functioning HR and Accounting system and developers with a load of boxes checked on their CV ready for the next job.
take_a_breath 7y ago
==Companies would be better off using open source solutions and hiring developers to integrate various systems from scratch.== Funny enough, this is the type of solution SAP is typically displacing. There are huge flaws in the fully-customized process you suggest.
kube-system 7y ago
I'm not sure any comparable open source enterprise ERPs even exist. They almost all target small and medium businesses. Enterprise ERPs are gigantic pieces of software. Then there's the issue of expecting a widget-factory to become experts in their own ERP implementation.
Accujack 7y ago
Wow... that's.... nope. ERP software and in particular SAP is awful, has some major limitations, and is a pain to use, but the alternatives are much worse. Only a company like IBM might manage to develop an in-house ERP based on open source technology... but more likely they'd fail. Some "enterprise grade" software is literally that. SAP works. It sucks and it's expensive, but it works.