Last week, in their quarterly earnings report, Automobile Dealer Software manufacturer Reynolds & Reynolds announced they were no longer selling their RGS product - a replacement of their UV based product written using .NET and SQL Server.
I've seen several anecdotal accounts of failed MV to SQL projects, but this has some firm numbers attached. After almost 2 years, less than 1 percent of their customer base switched over to the new system, and they wrote off the development effort for $67 million dollars. R&R Earnings report: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050721/clth018.html?.v=16 "The company announced the discontinuance of the Reynolds Generations Series Suite DMS software product, installed in over 70 dealership locations since its introduction in September 2003. As a result, in its fourth fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2005, the company will write off about $67 million of capitalized software development. The company is currently evaluating any other potential impacts of this decision and may recognize additional costs in the fourth fiscal quarter." ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
