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title: SAP has a virus
date: 2007-03-30T14:53:01Z
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which will continue to spread and infect the company. Its called opening up. Lowering the barriers to participation. [Shai left](http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/03/28/shai-agassi-roundup/). So what? Life goes on. Don’t confuse the man with the times, the man with the platform, the man with the company. The real talent at SAP is in the grassroots and the community. I saw Shai hectoring a customer audience a few months back, for not upgrading at a pace to suit him. It wasn’t a good look. A man in a hurry, when SAP’s core customers tend to move at a more measured pace. Shai did some great things but there are plenty of other talented executives out there.