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Stanford Learns a Software Lesson

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the school-of-hard-knocks dept.

Nick Irelan writes "In 1994 Stanford set aside $60 million to aquire the latest financial and management software from PeopleSoft and Oracle. However, the upgrade that was planned years ago is still not complete. Stanford has even begun outsourcing! 'Those who can't do teach :)'."

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  1. Headline Stanford by Duncan3 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    For the first time in history, a corporation has screwed over a university...

    Get over it people, corporations are legally required to earn money for their shareholders by any means possible. They do this to universities EVERY DAY.

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