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But most of those companies are not dependent on direct-to-consumer sales for their revenue. You’re never going to see “Oracle Database, Standard Edition One—$
by sethg 16y ago
But most of those companies are not dependent on direct-to-consumer sales for their revenue. You’re never going to see “Oracle Database, Standard Edition One—$6,000” on the App Store directory. I suspect that even Microsoft gets most of its software revenue from either OEM deals or big-business hundred-seat license packs, rather than from over-the-counter sales.
- akashs 16y agoWho says iOS devices are consumer only? There's plenty of business apps in the app store and plenty of large enterprises who are using the iPad and plenty of people who would love to handle their ERP through the iPad. Even then, not all of those businesses are enterprise focused like Oracle. I'm pretty sure there's a bunch of people (myself included) who would love to have MS Office on the iPad instead of what's out there.
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- sethg 16y agoSAP doesn’t have to sell an ERP client through the App Store; they can just have the SAP server put up secure Web pages that end-users with iPads access. End-users can either suffer the limitations of an HTML-only client or they can suffer the limitation of a client that won’t run on iOS. (When it comes to “enterprise” software, end-users tend to suffer, no matter what....)