http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660I am going to add another couples in it: 1. Great Plains (Read: Great Pain) 2. BizTalk Server 2000/2002 3. SQL Server Integration Service (SSIS) 4. MS Office Automation Anyone wanna defend for these? :P http://ayende.com/2942/a-definition-of-a-nightmare-platform#comment5http://ayende.com/2942/a-definition-of-a-nightmare-platform#comment5Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:42:53 GMTI haven't seen the next version of SharePoint, but MS is putting so much into it, it must be considerably better ... if not, I can always retrain as a plumber! http://ayende.com/2942/a-definition-of-a-nightmare-platform#comment4http://ayende.com/2942/a-definition-of-a-nightmare-platform#comment4Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:15:00 GMTCasey, I have seen what the next version of MS CRM looks like. It is... not a significant improvement in all the ways that matter http://ayende.com/2942/a-definition-of-a-nightmare-platform#comment3http://ayende.com/2942/a-definition-of-a-nightmare-platform#comment3Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:04:44 GMTWell as Alex was talking about SharePoint, and as I just posted similar comments regarding SharePoint, I think MS CRM falls squarely in this category too - they are both at a similar maturity level, which is one version short of usable really. Never the less, it's a simple trade off ... work with poor software and get paid well for making it work right ... :) http://ayende.com/2942/a-definition-of-a-nightmare-platform#comment2http://ayende.com/2942/a-definition-of-a-nightmare-platform#comment2Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:01:13 GMTI love this one, and its so real! I guess Ayende will label M$ CRM as an example :) http://ayende.com/2942/a-definition-of-a-nightmare-platform#comment1http://ayende.com/2942/a-definition-of-a-nightmare-platform#comment1Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:45:33 GMT