Back in school (probably the year 2000), I did an internship at our local (German) utilities company. They used SAP. Everyone told me how bad it is, how much it

Back in school (probably the year 2000), I did an internship at our local (German) utilities company. They used SAP. Everyone told me how bad it is, how much it sucks, etc. I read comments like here, full of stories of how bad it is and how much worse it makes things. And yet. They thrive and grow. I always leave with the impression that it really does do things well after all, just not in obvious ways.