[AndyNemmity]

No. It's not even really true.

The reality when you work in these fields are that there are many different reasons why a given solution is selected, and often times people really like it.

I almost don't want to post about this here because I know it's going to be disliked, and I'm not trying to start an argument. But you never get that perspective here.

[brazzledazzle]

I agree in the general sense but it's important to understand that the reason you see so much disdain for these pieces of enterprise software are motivated by reasons that are just as valid as the reasons for choosing it in the first place. Is Oracle RAC a database with compelling features and a large pool of adequate DBAs? Sure. Is it a piece of shit that requires X Windows on the server? Sure. The reason it needs an X Windows server to install and manage is because it needs to have a GUI that those pool of cheap DBAs is capable of reasoning about.

SharePoint is good for locking everything down, enabling complex workflows and intricate business processes. Because of that it's a total shit show from and employees perspective because it drains your life force every time you have to slog through it.

Heck even something like JIRA is an example of this. Its infinite knobs and levers let managers and PMs layer on complexity until a nice out of the box experience turns a lot of HNers into JIRA haters for life.

[x0x0]

Not least of which is the time/expense/risk to replace even a suboptimal solution outweighs the benefits.