Dump ERP: a Valentine's message

Dear <Vendor>,

I don’t know how to tell you this…
but I’m seeing someone else.

I know I should have said something sooner, but we’ve been drifting apart for so long, I didn’t know how to tell you. It’s not you, it’s me; I’ve changed so much recently…

Since our last corporate restructuring, you just haven’t been there for me. Every time I have to change a business process, it’s like you don’t even care. You know how important this upcoming merger is to me. I’ve been looking forward to it for a year and you can’t even handle different tax reporting requirements.

When I think back to that day we went live… it could have been so different. We had good times… all those upgrades and lavish re-implementations. Sure, when the money was flowing, we were great together. But we built nothing for the future.

I have to get on with my life… and yes, there is someone else… someone who has helped me grow. I know that you hate change, and want things to always stay the same, but that’s just not my reality. I might as well tell you now that, yes, it’s Agresso and I can see us being together forever.

While I don’t expect you to be happy for me, I hope we can stay friends…

Love,
<Your name>

One person thinks this is a sideways route from a shameless piece of pimping a ‘crap’ survey on Facebook. That’s tosh. (UPDATE: person recants - hehe)

Another thinks it’s good.

Yet another LOVES the Dear John nature of the narrative.

I think it’s a fun way to poke a stick in the eye of the mega vendors even if it does come from another vendor. We need some levity in the oh-so-serious world of ERP and when better than on Valentine’s Day?

[Disclosure: Agresso has been a past client but they're still an interesting outfit]