' ... We realised near the end of the prototyping process that there were some flaws in the kind of database structure. We realised that it was possible to make the thing go a lot faster, we also realised we didn't have any time to put any of those things right, so we made a conscious decision to test what we had at that stage, and implement that, in the knowledge, and that was reported to X through the steering group that we would have to go back and rework.X069 page 001.01 (tape 06.2.01) Gordan Notes/Tape 14/10/94At that stage we weren't sure how much we would have to rework, but we certainly didn't think it would be on the kind of scale of what happened in version II and X management at the time and ??? best to implement the system as it stood, it was well tested, it worked and would give people a chance to get used to the technology, get used to the new system and get the data in, ha, ha, ha and that was all agreed. But in practice what happened, I think the more Matt looked at the flaws in the design and things he could do to perform performance more and more it became virtually a complete rewrite. The screens stayed largely the same but the code behind the screens, the Powerbuilder changed quite radically because all the SQL access change. ... '
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