Re: ERP Vendors Making Same Mistakes as Big Three Automakers

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ah...the only goal *is( profits for most businesses, monopoly or
not.Not many businesses are altruistic.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Al Mac Wheel <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This analysis is out of touch with the reality that the ERP vendors are
> swallowing each other up ... soon there will only be one, probably called
> Microsoft.  It doees not matter what the world ERP vendor becomes ... this
> market consolidation means the only goal is profits for that
> monopoly.  Giving the customer what the customer wants is irrelevant.
>
> Some idiot in the computer press told the world, which includes the Justice
> Dept Anti-Trust division, that ERP is dead, and too many people swallowed
> that nonsense.  This means no more oversight to block market consolidation.
> -
> Al Macintyre
>
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