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Duke -
I agree that BBD was hard for the SAP culture to swallow. But that's part of what CEOs are supposed to do - if senior management determined that BBD was the key to unlocking the SMB growth SAP needed, but the rank and file couldn't execute, then the CEO should get the management team to deliver, or find executives who can. At a minimum, over a period of years, Apotheker should have adjusted expectations to match reality.

The challenges at HP are in many ways similar - to go to the next level, HP needs to grow beyond the culture that got it where it is today, and get all the dogs pulling in the same direction. Apotheker's track record doesn't give me a lot of confidence that he is the leader to do that.

I'm not sure which Microsoft software you mean - the SAP hooks in Sharepoint 2010?