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To: Shane M who wrote (855)	10/29/1998 8:40:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 2339

Baan Reports 3rd-Qtr Loss, Names President and Will Cut Workforce by 20% Shane: You seen this????Interesting,eh? ====================== "..Thu, 29 Oct 1998, 8:33am EST Baan Reports 3rd-Qtr Loss, Will Cut Workforce 20% (Update1) (Adds analysts' comments in 4th paragraph; rewrites.) Barneveld, Netherlands, Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Baan NV, a Dutch maker of business-management software, said it's overhauling its management, appointing a new president and cutting a fifth of its workforce as it reported widening losses. The company reported a third-quarter loss of $31.7 million, or 16 cents a share, at the lower end of analysts' expectations, compared with net income of $18.3 million, or 9 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. It named Mary Coleman president and said it would cut 20 percent of its 6,000-member workforce. Baan also said it would take a one-time pretax charge of $110 million, resulting in a net loss for the fourth quarter. Baan is losing ground in the $14.4 billion market for software that helps companies track inventories and personnel as smaller manufacturers, which account for 70 percent of Baan's sales, rein in spending. ''It's a downward spiral,'' said Clara van der Elst, an analyst at ABN Amro. ''Software companies are especially vulnerable as customers lose confidence and don't want to buy from a company that may not be around.''.....

To: Shane M who wrote (855)	10/30/1998 11:34:00 PM
From: cm	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2339

Shane, About Rhythm and R/3... One of the reasons i2 has RhythmLink is to help solve (or get around) data integration issues. Here's a quote from i2's web site in this regard... " what types of applications or data sources can I integrate? RhythmLink is a multi-tiered, client-server solution that provides a single graphical interface which speeds integration of data sources and enterprise applications. The data sources can be relational or non-relational databases, or contain various types of file structures. RhythmLink also allows other applications such as ERP systems and other partner applications to interact with RHYTHM through standard messaging technologies such as CORBA and DCOM. Partner applications with specific integration points such as SAP™, SSA, and Oracle can also be accommodated. " Even more to the point, though, unless I am mistaken, Rhythm and R/3 are already up and working together at sites like Vanity Fair, OxyChem, Texas Instruments, Johnson & Johnson Medical, and Siemens. I can't say that's BIBLE. But, I've heard second-hand that these are R/3-Rhythm reference sites. As to whether these implementations have been easy or not... well... I would assume they haven't been easy. SAP with all its proprietariness, etc... JMHO, c m