[ Thanks to Dan Orzech
for this link. ]
“…SAP is an anomaly among top ERP suppliers. While the German
application behemoth is delivering Linux applications, competitors
Lawson Software Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., and Oracle Corp. are still
only talking about supporting it, and have yet to set any firm
delivery dates.”
“We knew that we had to deliver more than just a Linux version
of our software for companies to feel comfortable with it,” says
Dr. Peter Barth, director of corporate marketing at SAP. “We needed
to put a comprehensive support infrastructure in place also.”
“We’ve been quite pleased with acceptance of our Linux products;
the market has evolved faster than we anticipated,” notes Barth.
The number of companies running R/3 on Linux has climbed
steadily from 40 in September 1999, to 100 at the beginning of this
year, to 400 at present. Most of these installations, according to
sources close to the company, are in Linux-friendly
Europe.”