SAP NetWeaver, Development Subscription

[Former Member]

Hi, I think I was delighted a few months back to hear that SAP had started to consider a Development Subscription. Back then it was limited to the US and Germany but I received another mail today and it is still just the US and Germany.

First of all, is my enthusiasm justified? Is this a subscription like MSDN from Microsoft? i.e. do I get a SAP ERP system plus all the Netweaver tools to develop with?

If so, why is it taking so long to get a UK subscription? (and others).

To me it exposes an internal anarchy with each subsidiary attempting to run itself as an independent entity. Not at all what I would expect from a German firm.

mark

[Former Member]

Thanks for that answer!

It is a good answer but ...

Ok there are problems in India but we have had the Euro for a while now. I don't see why the German offer is not available across Europe.

Also the MSDN offer covers almost all Microsoft products, whereas the key product is missing from this offer. In the past SAP have offered an evaluation system on the internet (circa 2002) but I don't think that worked well or is still there today.