There will be no newsletter mailed on Friday, November 27. Items will continue to be posted to www.bobscottsinsights.com as dictated by events. In the meantime, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. And remember not to drop your unthawed turkey into a deep fryer filled with oil. But if you do, send us the pictures.

Authorities have concluded they have found the perfect punishment for executives involved in the recent scandal at Volkswagen. They will be forced to write 10,000 times, "I will not lie about emissions." ... After reading all the LinkedIn tag lines such as "Dynamic Creative Executive", I've decided mine will be "Success through Pure Dumb Luck." ... I'm tired of announcements constantly someone who is excited to launch a product. I'm waiting for a company willing to say, "This is a dull boring product, but it's going to save you a ton of money.

SAP Business One has been sold to 50,000 customers, the software company said earlier this month. The announcement was made at the recent SME Business Summit but did not detail any geographic breakdown. (I attended the prior two Summits but this conflicted with the Intacct conference). SAP also said partners and customers can now run the B1 Cloud application, powered by its Hana platform, at SAP-run data centers.