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> more data driven Any other engineering discipline. What are common practices in IT would be negligence in other disciplines and might get your permit/license
by blueflow 3y ago
> more data driven
Any other engineering discipline. What are common practices in IT would be negligence in other disciplines and might get your permit/license removed.
IT is the only sector where companies like Cisco or SAP can exist despite the horrible reliability of their products.
- Hasu 3y ago> IT is the only sector where companies like Cisco or SAP can exist despite the horrible reliability of their products Come on, other industries have garbage companies putting out garbage products, too.
- palata 3y ago> Come on, other industries have garbage companies putting out garbage products, too. That's correct, but we have to admit that the software industry excels at this.
- marcosdumay 3y agoSoftware is full of monopolies. But monopolies' products are garbage in every industry.
- robertlagrant 3y agoCan you explain it in a different way? I have no idea how it relates to my comment.
- JAlexoid 3y agoAs one of my friends, an SAP consultant, said - "The value of SAP isn't that it's actually good, but it's predictably scalable" As in - you can setup a process in Germany, then replicate it globally with predictable accuracy. And predictability matters a lot in stable low margin businesses. Walmart can't spend a few billion on a project that may have -100% to 400% return value, when. they have the option of having a reliable 20%-30% return value.
- blueflow 3y agoProvided the transition to SAP doesn't bankrupt you.
- fHr 3y agoIt is realy funny how SAP is the one single big software company from Europe and it is an absolute dumpster fire.
- FromOmelas 3y agoLIDL famously burned around 500M € on a SAP rollout before pulling the plug.