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To: John D. White who wrote (984)	11/12/1998 12:54:00 AM
From: Bala Vasireddi	Respond to of 2339

Another negative vote for SAP. fool.com Okay, back to the issue at hand. I learned that there were three primary reasons for the slowdown in the collection of accounts receivable. The first relates to the significant problems Tellabs has had since it converted its accounting systems to SAP AG's (NYSE: SAP) software in October 1997. It seems as if SAP can't issue bills that Tellabs clients can understand. The problem with the bills is a result of the complexity of the work that Tellabs does for its customers as products manufactured by Tellabs generally account for only about 8% of Tellabs' revenues. The rest relates to configurable software and other special work done during the installation process. Needless to say the company is quite disappointed with SAP -- Mr. Johnson's actual comment was a bit stronger than that, but he asked that it not be quoted.