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by David R. Brousell, MA Editorial Staff   | Abstract: | As the TomorrowNow downloading dispute heats up in court, both sides seem to be making tactical errors in judgment. |
What would SAP have done if the shoe had been on the other foot? Would CEO Henning Kagermann have called Oracle Chief Larry Ellison and simply asked him to stop illegally downloading SAP software? It is an interesting question to ponder as we watch the maneuvering under way in Oracle's lawsuit against SAP over the service and support document downloads by TomorrowNow, an SAP subsidiary. After an internal investigation, SAP admitted in June that TomorrowNow, which offers service and support for Oracle software, did in fact execute "some" inappropriate downloads. At the time of SAP's admission, Kagermann expressed frustration that Oracle officials hadn't called him directly when they discovered the problem and instead resorted to what has turned out to be an embarrassing lawsuit against the applications market leader. [Click to continue] |