INTUIT IS OFFERING AN INCENTIVE TO LURE customers away from its competitor Sage. Earlier, Sage offered a similar promotion to customers who switched away from Intuit's Quickbooks Enterprise Solutions. And in October, NetSuite Inc. pitched a special deal to users of SalesForce software. 

Meanwhile, as these ERP vendors wrestle mightily for each others' customers, some IT analysts believe they're missing the boat by not offering easy-to-use software-as-a-service applications instead. 

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