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After phase II (Aug 94 - Feb 95): Marine system

'The other achilles heel is is conversion. I think that's going to be a real problem, because we're converting from a mainframe, where there are data quality problems, and we're converting from PC systems as well where it's data not held on the mainframe, we hold it on PC systems. And those PC systems are written in the same kind of software that we converted the Multinational system from, Q&A, where there are no validation controls whatsoever. ... I've got five people working on conversion. I'm determined we're going to get that right. It always goes wrong on conversion, always goes wrong, and it's so complex. ... '

X060 page 004.05d (tape 03.2.03d) Gordan Notes/Tape 14/10/94

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