But do companies with 100-500 employees even have someone that can use SAP BBD Business Designer? The indirect channel is of course key to the SME market and the eventual success or failure of BBD.

Is BBD hoist by SAP's on-premise petard? Is Business ByDesign is turning into a masterclass in how SaaS innovation can never thrive inside a conventional software company?

SAP's Business by Design has major design flaw--it wasn't built to be a large scale multi-tenant application. Back to the drawing board.