Managers joke about how customers will never leave SAP because of how difficult it is. Now I joke about how SAP is being investigated for it. Hahahhahahahahhahah
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/eu-opens-probe-into-possible-anticompetitive-practices-by-sap-2025-09-25/
@10b careful, else Chuck Norris will sort YOU out!
@108 Oh stop it, will you?
Chuck Norris will sort this out.
I‘m sure the board knows how to handle this.
If SAP does something illegal in Europe, European employees should lose their bonuses and jobs.
Indians should not be affected. It would not be fair.
wow. i never had a manager tell me that customers wouldnt move cause its too difficult. but i did have colleagues say that to me when customers threaten to leave sap.
@cn+1k60gn067 Elevate your level of argument chutiye sule bsdk!
Highlighting some important lines from the article which have a direct impact on all of us.
"Company could face fine of up to 10% of annual global sales"
"The Commission said SAP may be preventing customers from switching to rival maintenance and support services for some parts of their businesses and that it prevents customers from ending these services for unused software licenses."
Maybe that's why SAP is laying off product maintenance teams globally, like in the recent example of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) team(s) in India and outsourcing the product maintenance to a third party vendor...(connecting the dots from another thread on this topic)
Also, if you are aware of Dieselgate scandal by VW then SAP's 10% annual global sales revenue as fines will be MASSIVE!!
From ChatGPT:
"Volkswagen has paid over $33 billion globally in fines, penalties, financial settlements, and buyback costs related to the dieselgate scandal since it started. The scandal involved around 11 million vehicles worldwide and led to extensive recalls, legal actions, and compensation payments in multiple regions including the US, Europe, Brazil, Italy, and others.
Key figures include about $25 billion paid in the US alone, over 30 billion euros (~$34.8 billion) in Europe and globally including fines and legal costs, and settlements such as $54 million in Italy and over a billion Brazilian Reais in Brazil. These payments cover government fines, consumer compensation, buybacks, and settlements with affected vehicle owners"
If the EU investigators knew how many sales people in SAP didn’t give a r@+’$ @$$ about Delivery Services getting paid for their services, they wouldn’t waste their time on investigations of this sort.