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SAP gives new meaning to closed platforms
Just what the world needs--another closed platform from a monolith vendor.
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SAP gives new meaning to closed platforms
SAP's never-ending product development cycle (~3 years at $1 billion) for their new product has resulted in a hosted system built on top of Netweaver. The amazing part is they have created a system designed specifically to not be open to development--only SAP tooling.
A1S will feature 2,500 interfaces that serve as modules that users can choose to plug into their platform to handle such tasks as manufacturing, payroll and project management. The modules, or structure, will be exposed to users, but the code base will not, Plattner said."No code will be exposed, so you have to stick to the interfaces," Plattner said.
Just what the world needs--another closed platform from a monolith vendor.
Posted by Dave Rosenberg on May 8, 2007 08:12 PM
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