Re: Dale Fuller on the Euro Squawk Box last night

From: Martijn Tonies (m.tonies_at_upscene!nospam!.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:09:23 +0200

> > Did anyone see Dale Fuller on the Euro Squawk Box last night? I was
> > impressed. He spoke of companies that have committed to developing
> > their own internal software, such as Wal-Mart and Dell. He added
> > that it's the software that has made these two companies so
> > successful, not necessarily just the products. He spoke about Dell's
> > inventory management software and Wal-Mart's supply chain software.
> > I had no idea that both companies had developed the software
> > internally, a great tid bit to use in selling custom software, imo.
>
> Wal-Mart accounted for a big part of the productivity gains in the
> 90s. From what I've read, while their applications are pretty much the
> best out there, they're hardly using state of the art technology. For
> example, they're still using EDI over XML.

Good. EDI works and is standardized, unlike XML ;-) 

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