News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in Iran. Parent comment

Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by Erlich_Bachman on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @07:44AM (#25644933)
> One of the companies in the EU produces enterprise software almost no one on this website uses (SAP)

What? SAP is a huge software that is used in a lot of companies.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by kavalg on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @09:32AM (#25645856)
Also, you should take into account that SAP the company is not just the ERP. It has acquired several big SaaS vendors in the past years (Ariba, SuccessFactors, Concur etc) so many of us may be touching SAP without even realizing it.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by icelancer on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @07:47AM (#25644945)
Correct. I'm also willing to bet the people on Hacker News are not typically in the circle of businesses that use SAP.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by Closi on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @08:06AM (#25645068)
I'm willing to bet that they are.

Do you think there is a huge tendency towards Oracle, Infor or MS Dynamics rather than SAP across hacker news, or are you just assuming that people who go on hacker news aren't in the 'circle of companies' which need an ERP?

Most people on HN probably go work for companies that pay them the best compensation or offer them a good position, not based on what ERP they chose.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by dtech on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @08:07AM (#25645071)
You underestimate the reach of SAP and overestimate the "SV-ness" of HN.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by kuriho on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @08:11AM (#25645103)
SAP Developer/Customer here.

Does that mean most people on HN work for companies either too small for or too competent to outsource an ERP system?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in ... by hasa on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @08:17AM (#25645157)
SAP user here... not that I liked it :)
[ Parent | on HN ]