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To: HeyRainier who wrote (1)7/12/1999 2:13:00 PM
From: rel4490  Read Replies (1) of 153
 
The following was posted on the GG Email Discussion Group re Ariba:

Also Ariba could be the 1st pure internet enabling gorilla soon.
>(Purchasing Industry)
>Reasons why:
>
>1) It owns proprietary architecture, any transactions
>between the buyer & seller have to be compatible with
>Ariba's ORMS (Operating Resource Management System)
>and also have to conform to
>Ariba's standards: Catalog Interchange Format (CIF)
>
>2) It is rapidly gaining market share and already has several Fortune
>500 companies including Cisco, GM, HP to name a few.
>Check out the URL below:
>http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/99/apr/0414/feat.htm
>
>3) Buyers would have high switching cost if decide on a competitor.
>They would have to change their systems.
>
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