SAP averts an EU antitrust fine by opening up its support market
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Enterprise vendors are being pushed to unbundle high-margin support from their core licenses—regulators are now willing to intervene in how maintenance and upgrades are packaged. If you rely on on‑prem SAP or similar suites, expect more room to negotiate third‑party support and start modeling what a multi-vendor support stack would look like operationally.
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