“Apple and SAP share an extensive and deep business relationship: Apple is among SAP’s biggest and most strategic customers, and SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott told ‘Mad Money’ host Jim Cramer last week that SAP is the largest tech-sector user of iPads on the planet,” SAP’s Bob Evans writes for Forbes.
“Tt was particularly poignant to hear McDermott tell Cramer about the deeply personal bond that he and Apple chairman Steve Jobs have formed not solely through the achievement of extensive business success but rather more intensely through a shared set of wrenching personal challenges,” Evans writes. “‘He’s a great guy,’ McDermott said of Jobs. ‘And I wish him well… As a matter of fact, when my mom was sick — she had a similar ailment to Steve’s — I called him up for help, and I asked him for help. And the guy gave me an hour of his time. He gave me all of his docs, his experiences,’ McDermott told Cramer. ‘He’s a tremendous human being,’ McDermott said of Jobs, ‘and the world is in his debt, he’s a great visionary, and he’s a terrific person. My heart goes out to him and his family.'”
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I actually noted the Steve Jobs love-fest in that interview. Shocking news for Steve Ballmer too: the Enterprise is falling in love with iPad.
MDN, what’s that…that box thingy below the article?
LOL^^^
What is SAP?
That Jim buy reminds me of Ballmer… haha
And Bill reminds me of the CEO that I want to be… other than Steve Jobs. 🙂
Isn’t Jobs famous for never giving to charities? And for always parking in the handicapped space way before he got sick?
Steve is famous for not PUBLICIZING his charitable contributions. Just because he doesn’t boast about it to the world doesn’t mean he doesn’t do it. To me, that’s more impressive than the people who shout it from the rooftop to tell everyone.
Tony, that’s absolutely right. I do not understand how people can be so wrong about this, time and again.
But is not the media cliché about Jobs that he is not terrific, rather terrible person?
Seriously, though, the media are often ignorant about key things about known people.
I find it odd that Apple would be an SAP customer given the truly horrible UI of their software. The company I worked for started using SAP several years ago and I found it to be the most convoluted and poorly designed software I’ve ever used and very un-Mac like.
From the article, it sounds like SAP is an Apple customer.
And vise versa.
Very few CEOs would take time away from plugging their company to give such heartfelt support to a fellow corporate leader and their products. That was without a doubt the best non-Apple public advertisement for the iPad that I have ever seen. Apple should make a joint Apple/SAP corporate advertisement with Bill McDermott.
Incidentally, Bill came across as a very articulate and capable business leader. It is no wonder that Apple and SAP have a strong relationship.