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SAP's selling point is regulatory compliance and financial control. It doesn't matter if you have a great UX or lightweight extensible third party API ecosystem, what matters is "When the IRS / SEC / Congress / Interpol comes calling, am I clear?"

Government regulation is the ultimate "vendor lock-in" and SAP exploits that fact.

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I work for an SAP subsidiary and this is the correct answer. You buy SAP software to 1) reduce your chance of getting audited and 2) get through expensive audits quickly.

The everyday end-user of SAP software isn't the one it's designed for. It's designed for lawyers and accountants who need to organize data quickly when the shit hits the fan.

But even on this field (compliance) is it bullet proof ?

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