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inventors

Former Member — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:10:40 GMT

Hi people,

can anyone tell who invented SAP software. Please dont tell 4 former employee of IBM.

Re: inventors

dustyplanet — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:05:09 GMT

I will not tell you about 4 former IBM employees...

Because it was <b>FIVE</b> former IBM employees!!! They were Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira, and Claus Wellenreuther -- who created the company Systems Analysis and Program Development in Mannheim, Germany, and created the Financial Accounting System known as SAP-R, later known as the R/1 system(R = real-time data processing). This then evolved into R/2, then R/3 and now the Business Suite.

Hope this helps

Regards,

Dushyant Shetty

Re: inventors

dustyplanet — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:09:31 GMT

And by the way, this happened on Saturday, the First of April, 1972...

Regards,

Dushyant Shetty

Re: inventors

dustyplanet — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:11:52 GMT

Sorry one more thing, since you asked specifically about the system, it took them one year to deliver SAP - R, the company was formed in 1972...

Regards,

Dushyant Shetty

Re: inventors

Former Member — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:12:36 GMT

SAP was founded in 1972 as Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung ( System, Analysis and Program Development ) by five former IBM engineers in Mannheim. The five founders were Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira, Claus Wellenreuther and Hans-Werner Hector.

They created a financial Accounting system named R/1. (The "R" was for "real-time processing"). It was replaced by R/2 at the end of the 1970s. SAP R/2 was a mainframe based business application software suite.

The famous SAP R/3 was officially launched on 6 July 1992.

Best Regards,

Sarath

Re: inventors

Former Member — Fri, 18 May 2007 05:50:58 GMT

Hi dushyanth!

Thanks a lot man.. I hope you will help me in future like the same what you did now.

Re: inventors

Former Member — Fri, 18 May 2007 05:53:06 GMT

Thanks sarath.......... please keep in touch through SDN FORUMS