Interesting Quote from SSA's Stuek

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Bill Stueks ,
was always a  straight  shooter, even in his  days
as  an IBM Rochester Plant executive.

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> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:37:34 +0100 
> From: Chuck Lewis  
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> Hi Folks, 
>
> In SSA's 9/14/99 Live Wire there is an interview with SSA Chairman and 
> Chief Executive Officer William M. Stuek. 
>
> In response to the question: 
>
> The installed base might want to ask - is BPCS development over? 
>
> He answered: 
>
> It is not. Our BPCS development will continue, and as there are major 
> improvements to be made, we will make them to the existing profile of 
> applications that we have. But building giant new applications like SAP and 
> Baan and J.D. Edwards - well, everybody's out there with lots more money 
> than I have, and [they're] probably a lot smarter than we are. 
>
> Emphasis mine. Realistic maybe, but what a statement... Of course in light of some of SSA's past deals (User Vision, AS/Set, etc.) maybe a statement that needed to be made... 
>
> Chuck 



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