40 interesting facts about SAP

[willi_eimler]

Hail to all SAP inspired people!

I found these SAP-Facts somewhere and I'm not sure whether these facts are true or not. Please help and comment.

1. SAP is such a great software that initially there weren't any errors. But in order to have any work to do at all, they made up some bugs.

2. SAP expects the Spanish Inquisition

3. The matrix runs SAP

4. The song “Killing me softly” was originally written by a SAP customer

5. Oracle runs SAP

6. SAP XI is used by Pentagon to translate alien radio signals to plain English

7. SAP is so secure that condoms are made from it

8. What Yoda really meant to say about the force: Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to ABAP.

8. When SAP NetWeaver was released, there was a disturbance in the Force

8. By reading the source code of transaction SE38 you will temporarily be granted invisibility

11. SAP is so efficient in creating software, there is actually only one developer writing code, all others are architects and managers.

11. SAP stand for SLOW AND PAINFUL

11. SAP can divide by zero.

14. HAL9000 ran 4.6C and spoke to Dave through a voice interface via EP6 SP2. While in transit the upgrade to SP9 was performed. There were issues………..

15. The “Blue Pill” takes you to Walldorf.

16. SAP made Bill Gates retire. When asked why, SAP answered “Because we can”

16. “ABAP is the only language understood by aliens” – SETI

16. In the ABAP forum some SDNers use the Psychic Friends Network to predict the next question to have the answer ready before it even has been posted.

19. In the US Army, SAPpers are combat engineers.

19. SAP NetWeaver is based on alien technology

21. SAP wins a patent for all technologies whose names have 3-letter acronyms: ERP, CRM, MDM, XML, ESA, SOA etc…

22. Oracle still hides the fact that FUSION stands for: Finally use SAP in our network

23. SAP stands for Start Applying Patches

24. Reading SDN every day keeps the consultant away.

25. One discovered a new planet: SDN World. Rumours say that the population is growing fast on this planet.

26. Chuck Norris uses SAP to keep track of his death count

27. Yes, even Larry Ellison is a homo SAPience

28. Not 42, but SAP is the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

29. The European Union has decided that by 2008, ABAP will be the only offical language used in parliament

30. SAP: It’s not just a job; it’s a wardrobe.

31. There is only one number greater than the number of transactions in a SAP system – the number of people that Mark and Craig want to turn into SDN community members.

32. One day in the near future SDN points will replace the dollar as the preferred method of payment

33. Read in Wikipedia under the term Oracle: “… the use of Oracle bones dates as far back as the Shai Dynasty”

34. SAP = MS^2

34. If you post a question in the SDN ABAP forum, Rich Heilman already has the answer typed in and is just waiting for you to press the “Post Message” button.

36. Contrary to popular belief, Walldorf is actually the centre of the universe

37. SAP only made its software so complicated because this way they were able to lay the foundation for the vast SDN community that would soon replace all SAP developers. As SDN points are easier to give away than monetary salary, the company’s increase in profitability is expected to crush all existing stock software, making place for SAP to installed in there, which would increase sales again … all in order with the SDN program (SAP Dies Never).

37. Do you think SAP break the cars engine of F1 Team McLaren ?

39. A popular sentence when dating: “MySAP or YourSAP?”

40. Rich Heilman does not need ST22 – he is fixing bugs just by logging into the system.

Please feel fre to make any comment!!!

Best regards

Willi Eimler

[Jelena · Accepted solution]

Ancient history:

Also:

Mark is no longer with SAP and Rich Heilman moved on to HANA. Not sure new generations of SAPers would even get half of these jokes.

[Matt_Fraser · Accepted solution]

Oh well, some of them still made me chuckle.

[raphael_almeida · Accepted solution]

Wow, 2006?! 😮

I did not even think about using SAP at the time, in fact I was beginning my journey into the world of technology, that old thing.

[willi_eimler · Accepted solution]

Hi Jelena,

Thanx for the links. Great stuff. The sap world needs more humor! SAP-life is hard, especially after the launch of the new SAP-launchpad. I was desperate after realizing that I have to work with this.

Greetings...

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[former_member206568]

It's hilarious!

3. The matrix runs SAP

Wonder who's Neo?

[willi_eimler]

Hi Sumit,

he will be found soon! Maybe he is going to win the fight with the SAP launchpad

I lost the fight