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Story: SAP slams open source 'socialism'

Posted by: Anonymous (Friday 25 November 2005, 6:17 PM)

Sap is also a major Government partner so..

SAP as we know is used all over the UK, many businesses use it (I saw it used in HomeBase stores), also SAP is found in the educational sector. SAP relies on integration with that’s already there, and in most cases it's Windows XP and Microsoft Office, this is of course not the same for everywhere, but in general secretaries in schools don't know what Linux is.

Microsoft has just signed a £1 million pound sterling deal with our local Educational authority as mentioned in ‘The Sentinel’ newspaper recently. This is to provide license coverage for all its offices and machines and schools. They then sell on the volume license to the schools at a profit or that’s at least what I believe they are doing (around £35 pounds a license).

So here we have SAP (a school used program too) and their programmers all worrying about Linux as they don’t know what to do with integration and here is Microsoft with a heavy heart lowering their price to fight their way in at the LEA’s, Local Governments and so forth, while all the time Linux is still getting stronger.

Microsoft is still worried after signing these deals, as Linux can be adopted at any level, anytime. With SAP at their side they have an extra ammunition against the fearful penguins and against the local governments adopters of linux. While all this is happening BECTA (a government agency) has produced a study on why Linux is the way forward in Government.

The only option they have, is to do a preemptive strike, shake as many hands with as many people and hope for the best.

Good Luck Microsoft, you need it.