Message-ID: <9669287.1075845421505.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 12:45:00 -0700 (PDT) From: michael.guadarrama@enron.com To: andy.zipper@enron.com Subject: RE: Global Strategic Sourcing Question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Guadarrama, Michael X-To: Zipper, Andy X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Zipper, Andy\Zipper, Andy\Deleted Items X-Origin: ZIPPER-A X-FileName: Zipper, Andy.pst The DealBench business case applies but the technology stinks. We are planning to redesign DealBench with the idea to allow it to integrate with EOL. The concept is to allow a product to evolve from auctions to principal to specialist based markets. Short term, GSS can try to use DB. Regards, Michael -----Original Message----- From: Zipper, Andy Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 2:42 PM To: Guadarrama, Michael Subject: RE: Global Strategic Sourcing Question Why wouldn't we use the deal bench auction platform ? This provides for open auctions with participants changing their bids in real time, no ?