| From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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| To: | Chris Travers <chris(dot)travers(at)gmail(dot)com>, Benjamin Scherrey <scherrey(at)proteus-tech(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Birmingham City Council chose Oracle, went broke because of it ;) |
| Date: | 2023-09-07 14:59:37 |
| Message-ID: | 0ee575ae-9e51-b547-20f9-23507356f1b3@aklaver.com |
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On 9/7/23 02:49, Chris Travers wrote:
> An important lesson here is to always sit down with a client and
> understand their needs before selling an ERP.......
Unless you have a legal department that will run the customer into the
ground with litigation. In a somewhat related case:
Where Oracle ended settling by paying ~$35 million in cash and ~$60
million in credits for a failed project with the state of Oregon that
they collected $240 million for.
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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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