General Consultant Discussion

Some more details http://www.cio.com/article/730846/Epicor_Suit_Claims_Services_Firm_Hijacked_its_ERP_Software

Epicor bars its customers from providing access to its software and documentation to a competitor without written permission, according to its suit."" If a Sage partner visits the customers office to review workflow, data entry screens, enhancements, reports, documentation and the like... the customer first needs permission from Epicor? The restriction is too broad, and will be difficult to enforce.

Epicor has much deeper pockets than ATP. It's just the threat of a complex lawsuit that gets the job done since lawyers are up to about $500/hr now days

Agreed. Even if ATP is on the hook for some of the allegations, I hope they team up with a consumer rights group to challenge Epicors oppressive licensing policies. Similar lunacy has been attempted by cellular carriers... trying to prevent consumers from unlocking phones.

What I don't understand is why this company wouldn't just become a partner (unless of course Epicor rejected them).

Nah, atp are a holes, couldn't happen to a nicer group Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3

Epicor rejected then because they were poaching epicor direct service engagements which partners aren't allowed to do without permission Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3

And they had inside information on all the deals which they use to try and sell services