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Financial Accounting sub-system: Implementation approach

' ... OK, this is a slide we produced when I knew that Gordan would be presenting to Mr Tim, and Mr Tim would hit the desk and say, [Aussie accent] why does it have to be November you bastards. And Mr Gordan would then say, because it's very complex. And Mr Tim would say, what does that mean? And this is what it means. ... And I advised Ned that this question would certainly, oh well not certainly, there was every chance it would be raised. We were in the City of London at the time and there was every chance that we ourselves might be hauled in to explain it but at least let Mr Gordan have one slide that makes the whole thing look very complicated. Otherwise I have Neville and Tim saying, ok we have an insurance system here and we have an accounting system here, ... what's the problem. ... '

X075 page 005.05 (tape 02.2.01h) Colin Notes/Tape 17/02/95

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