tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19725519.post7061969517388827097..comments2024-02-01T05:22:59.677-05:00Comments on Erik Engbrecht's Blog: Why isn't enterprise software sexy?Erik Engbrechthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11174963559600768092noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19725519.post-23063653228529184052007-12-10T11:49:00.000-05:002007-12-10T11:49:00.000-05:00Hi Erik, Writing a “sexy” enterprise application t...Hi Erik,<BR/> <BR/>Writing a “sexy” enterprise application takes a while. I’ve spent the last six years doing just that, so I’m very interested in this debate.<BR/><BR/>Having done the programming myself (about a million lines of code), the comment above by Mike Woodhouse that “ultra-large project teams tend not to build inspiring products” is one I agree with!<BR/><BR/>The software’s purpose is to enable business and IT to speak a common language and to easily show and value the relationships between business services, data flows and IT resources.<BR/><BR/>The main design goal was to make the software fully scalable - from the single consultant to an enterprise wide installation. <BR/><BR/>In order to make the User Interface as simple as possible I had to invent a completely new modelling technology, which took two years to develop.<BR/><BR/>If you would like a look, you can see some screen shots on my post, “Enterprise Applications and User Interfaces” at my blog www.KeystonesAndRivets.com <BR/><BR/>Your feedback is very welcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19725519.post-60205854198750004312007-12-10T05:57:00.000-05:002007-12-10T05:57:00.000-05:00Well, you probably won't find much blogging about ...Well, you probably won't find much blogging about ABAP because anything you could say about ABAP would end up being a rant, and those get boring quite quickly :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19725519.post-76409008822744264402007-12-10T05:15:00.000-05:002007-12-10T05:15:00.000-05:00What you just wrote means that enterprise software...What you just wrote means that enterprise software does not get feedback. You cannot write good software without feedback - and what I would add is that the feedback from the journalist is mostly phony and artificial it only glides over the surface - they don't discover the problems that lurk in the deep and are sure to get you if you are using the software on daily basis.zbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04636763782334128869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19725519.post-33479497883788617302007-12-10T04:49:00.000-05:002007-12-10T04:49:00.000-05:00Why isn't reliable and effective sexy? Isn't the r...Why isn't reliable and effective sexy? Isn't the real issue that much enterprise software is neither reliable not effective, but that it just (more or less) scales?<BR/><BR/>I think part of the problem is that enterprise software is pretty much of necessity built by enterprises. And ultra-large project teams tend not to build inspiring products. I say "tend not to", but I could be less kind - and probably more accurate - if I just said "don't". The "S" in "SAP" doesn't stand for "sex".<BR/><BR/>Is sexy enterprise software possible? Probably, but it's likely to require easily-interfaced niche applications, which can be and often are sexy.Mike Woodhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01434936820855294649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19725519.post-75886831824758570902007-12-09T19:30:00.000-05:002007-12-09T19:30:00.000-05:00The beauty of enterprise software (and enterprise ...The beauty of enterprise software (and enterprise technology in general) is it empowers us as consumers. If it did not work, think of how useless our PDAs, our web services would be as I wrote below...<BR/><BR/>http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2007/12/the-con-sumeriz.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com