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To: B.K.Myers who wrote (133)	8/12/1999 4:03:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) of 662

B.K.-- You wrote: >>>Although the World Bank, and my client, both claim that it is NOT Y2K related, their old system was NOT Y2K ready and was not scheduled for remediation. It was an "all or nothing" approach to solving their Y2K problem. If the SAP installation failed, there was no fallback system.<<< Sure, I understand what you're saying...and yes I recognize that they are occurring now. My comment "I believe this kind of thing will be par for the course before long,"was more related to public disclosure and press coverage on chronically late/badly executed installations. (Not that I believe SAP is at fault...Many of these companies/institutions just waited too damn long before contracting the work and pushed the installation envelope to the edge.) As un-paid payees progress from cranky to angry to desperate to disgusted they tend to get vocal (word gets around) and become more willing to answer reporters' questions...what have they got to lose? The question is "Are there more 'on time' installations than 'late?'" I'm assuming the latter is the case. What's your feeling?.

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