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Technology Stocks : PSFT - Fiscal 1998 - Discussion for the next year -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (1376)	7/7/1998 11:02:00 PM
From: Melissa McAuliffe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4509

Much easier to sue Andersen since other companies have gotten the software implemented so harder to blame the software vendor in this case. Especially when Andersen was running the implementation and the customer probably dealt only w/Andersen. I agree they'd probably rather have senior people in there billing at a higher rate. And if they had senior people on the bench that's where they'd be. But probably don't have enough senior people to go around. These consulting companies do this all the time. Worst is when they present the prospect with "typical" resumes of people who will work on the project and then send in people who don't come close to the experience level of these "typical" resumes.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (1376)	7/8/1998 2:04:00 PM
From: PepeLePeu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4509

Hola everyone!! New to SI here. Well, not yet, still on 30D trial. Should have joined earlier when it was around $100 for lifetime mem. Been following this thread for some time now. Bear in mind that Andersen is NOT the only big 6 (or 4, whatever number they're at now) guilty of this kind of practice. In a typical implementation (may it be SAP, ORCL, PSFT, JD Edwards, etc) with one of these guys running the show, they usually have only a couple of experienced professionals onsite doing most of the high level planning and analysis. These "experienced" folks go upwards of $250@hr. Hands-on development is done by a big group of inexperienced consultants, who are billed at anywhere from $150-$250. It is very common that these junior consultants and the customers' project members take training classes provided by the vendors together. I'm just wondering if this case will open up the door for more of this kind of lawsuits. Anyway, does anyone know when SAP's going to be listed here in the U.S.? And .14 vs .21??!! My goodness.