Comments on: Burnaby: another SAP cost overrun http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sap-watch/burnaby-another-sap-cost-overrun/ A SearchSAP.com blog Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michael http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sap-watch/burnaby-another-sap-cost-overrun/#comment-740 Michael Tue, 27 May 2008 14:26:48 +0000 http://sap.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/05/12/burnaby-another-sap-cost-overrun/#comment-740 The salesman are on commission. Just like lawyers, it doesn’t matter if they’re right or wrong, as long as they win. The management team gets many wiz-bang sales presentations showing how great the product is, and only later find out what it really takes to make the product work that way.

SAP is just the software company – similar to Microsoft. It’s up to the integration company to ensure the customer’s needs are met. Microsoft wouldn’t be responsible if someone put together a bad database using Microsoft Access.

]]> By: Bryan http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sap-watch/burnaby-another-sap-cost-overrun/#comment-739 Bryan Tue, 13 May 2008 16:59:02 +0000 http://sap.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/05/12/burnaby-another-sap-cost-overrun/#comment-739 This story says _something_ about the person(s) who sold the solution to the town. Why would anyone in good conscience sell the Mercedes when the Toyota is needed, especially to a government/non-profit/public entity? What responsibility does SAP have in this case?

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