And in a largely successful attempt at German self-parody, that software is hugely complex and laborious; in short, over-engineered.

It is the only software I know of where you regularly hear of "implementation" -- which in this context means installing the software, not writing it -- projects being planned to take years, actually taking twice as long, and sometimes being abandoned altogether when the prospective client finds out it just can't be done.

I mean, it is SAP you're talking about, right?