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Technology Stocks : PSFT - Fiscal 1998 - Discussion for the next year
PSFT 0.00010000.0%Oct 29 5:00 PM EST

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To: bob zagorin who wrote (3915)12/17/1998 6:39:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor  Read Replies (4) of 4509
 
Yeah Sap is more complicated and I think its a lot easier to dump Sap in the US because psft does what you need - here. But for these intl concerns it just may be that Saps multicurrency functionality is a must. The point being Im not surprised there are psft defections in Europe and Sap defections here.

The problem with Sap is the architecture and theres nothing they can do to fix it short of a total re-write. Sap ported a mainframe product as a basis for R3 in an attempt to get a product out quickly in the early days of client server. Psft and Oracle have the right architecture but the functionality is lacking because they built from the ground up. Psft at least had the foresight to know they needed to buy the functionality they needed which in essence enabled simultaneous development that would not be possible if you were doing everything in house.

Sap was very successful in trading off theory for functionality... Im just sorry that mktg powerhouse Oracle didnt do anything to educate the public on why Sap can be the wrong choice.

Im sure you already knew this, just a rehash for new people looking at the stock.
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