[ontopofIT] SAP Sued For Gross Negligence

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Applications giant SAP was sued by Pharmaceutical company FoxMeyer for $500 Million today. FoxMeyer was a $5 Billion dollar company when SAP marketing convinced them that R/3 was able to handle the company's requirements. After deployment, when the systems allegedly didn't work as advertised, the company fell apart. Read the whole story at News.com What do you think? Is SAP responsible?

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The ontopofIT News Team. Received on Thu Aug 27 1998 - 16:33:46 CEST