Re: Sap Bites the Dust at Sobeys ($81 million) !!!

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm..what platform was the SAP being implemented on?

81million...even in Loonies, that's not chicken feed...someone's butt's
gonna be on the platter for this one...

WHY did they punt SAP?  The article didn't give alot of details..

Don in DC


On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Chuck Lewis wrote:

> A HUGE loss SAP - OUCH
> 
> You HAVE to hit the link and read SAPs spin  - nothing wrong with their
> software package EVEN though it will be replaced by another SOFTWARE
> package... :-)
> 
> >From Computerworld Daily Fri, 2 Feb 2001 16:27:20 -0500
> 
> Canadian supermarket chain abandons SAP's retail software
> 
> Sobeys, the second-largest supermarket company in Canada, is giving up
> on an $81
>  million implementation of SAP's business applications for retailers
> following a
>  five-day database and systems shutdown in December.
> 
>  http://computerworld.com/cwi/story/0%2C1199%2CNAV47_STO57293_NLTam%2C00.html
> 
> 
> 
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