SAP

SAP is like the 'Microsoft of Europe'. Microsoft was going to acquire SAP at one stage and these companies lobby together against software freedom. SAP has a history of making some very Free software-hostile remarks that stirred up the public. More recent examples are summarised below.


 * Patents Roundup: Escalations in Europe, SAP Pretense, CCIA Goes Wrong, and IETF Opens Up
 * SAP/Microsoft Attack on Java, OpenOffice.org, Other Libre Products Culminates in Alliance
 * When Microsoft Wanted to Buy SAP…
 * Erwin Tenhumberg Can Convince SAP to Stop Attacking Sun and Free Software
 * Novell Enters a Microsoft Partners Triangle
 * Giving Legitimacy to Microsoft at the Expense of “Open Source”
 * Software Patents Lobbyists Disguised as ‘Open Source’ Friends/Companies
 * Dark Day for HP: Microsoft Ally Becomes Its New CEO (SAP CEO)
 * SAP Uses SUSE to Compete Against Novell and Promote Proprietary Software