SAP slams open source 'socialism'
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A senior executive at SAP has criticised the open source development methodology by claiming that it does not promote innovation, according to reports.
Shai Agassi, president of the product and technology group at SAP, said in a speech at a club in California that Linux is not innovative, according to an article on technology news site VNUNet this week.
'We all talk about how great Linux is,' Agassi reportedly said. 'But if you look at the most innovative desktop today, Microsoft's Vista is not copying Linux, it is copying Apple.'
SAP will not make its software open source as it would no longer have an incentive to innovate, Agassi said.
A senior executive at SAP has criticised the open source development methodology by claiming that it does not promote innovation, according to reports.
Shai Agassi, president of the product and technology group at SAP, said in a speech at a club in California that Linux is not innovative, according to an article on technology news site VNUNet this week.
'We all talk about how great Linux is,' Agassi reportedly said. 'But if you look at the most innovative desktop today, Microsoft's Vista is not copying Linux, it is copying Apple.'
SAP will not make its software open source as it would no longer have an incentive to innovate, Agassi said.
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