Why Coffee is no more Coffee place any more?

Question

Hi Just checking out any fun rolling over here..But disappoiting from long time.
Where are those days where every one put comments pulling legs having fun.
All work  discussions. Seems to be time to say good bye to Coffee
open a TEA Point
Regards
sas

Answer 1

Hello SJ -
Did you know that your name (Shekar) sounds like the Armenian word for "sugar"?  Perhaps that's why you were sweet enough to say such a kind thing in your post about me being "revered".
Although in that regard, I have to tell you that if you ran the numbers, you would find that I'm more reviled than revered, by far.  Even my old friends Mark Finnern and Marilyn Pratt won't stop by to say hello anymore, ever since I posted a blog that irritated someone pretty high-up the food chain somewhere- heh heh heh.  Now, I'm just one of the forgotten "Moorsoldaten" of SAP.
In any event, permit me to explain that I have absolutely nothing against 20-40 year-olds having fun, and I even understand (believe it or not) that there are interpesonal and cross-cultural benefits which can accrue from letting people have fun.
The problem is that they're doing it here, instead of asking SAP for a Romper Room where they can have fun to their heart's content.   After all, that's how the Coffee Corner came into existence - a few of us who thought of ourselves as the "loyal opposition" suggessted to SAP that the "loyal opposition" needed a place away from the "spotlight" of the front page where they could express reasonable disagreements with SAP's more indefensible choices.
So in all fairness, the fun-bunnies should do the same thing - ask SAP for a Romper Room, instead of trivializing this place to the point where its original purpose is no longer discernible.
There is moreover, one reason why this is a more serious matter than might first appear.
In particular, we all know that SDN/SCN has more  wonderful technologists and wonderful functionals than any company could possibly hope for.  There are literally dozens of technologists willing to blog at the drop of a hat on whatever new buzzword SAP is pushing this week, and even more functionals willing to blog at the drop of the hat on how SAP is introducing new stuff that will let them do the same things folks did 30 years ago, only "fancier".
And all of these wonderful technologists and functionals are the stars of the show here at SCN/SDN - not to mention TechEds, Sapphires, InnoJams, etc.
But who here at SCN/SDN is speaking for all the clients out there who don't care about what's "new and hot", and are simply wondering why a company that can invest so much money in newfangled buzzwords and gizmos can't invest a relatively much smaller amount in "doing the right thing" - namely,  bringing the fundamental ECC 4.6c - 6.0 code base into the 21st century?
Personally, I always hoped that Coffee Corner would become the Forum for those who were willing to speak for those clients, since SCN/SDN offered no other place to do so without seeming unduly "negative" and "disloyal".
But any chance of that happening certainly gets smaller and smaller the more this place comes to resemble a Romper Room, instead of a place where the "loyal opposition" can at least try to convince SAP to do the right thing for clients that it's basically been ignoring for a long time while it tries to prove it can "keep up with the Joneses".
Anyway, glad you took the opportunity to reach out.   Best of luck to you in whatever you're doing and wherever your abilities and talents take you.
djh