Re: Re[2]: Oracle wants your job

Good points all.

Reminds me of Larry E's statement last year that businesses should be run the way the software works: no customizations.

Can you see why he said that? :)

Oracle corp knows best.

Jared

On Tuesday 30 April 2002 07:58, dgoulet_at_vicr.com wrote:
> Jared,
>
> The other problem with outsourcing, which we've run head on into, is
> that an ASP wants you to run the application "plain vanilla".
> Customization of an application to fit your business/needs is one area they
> really do not like to handle. Makes upgrading a pain in the *&^, which
> means some of your clients are running PeopleSoft 7 while the remainder are
> on Peoplesoft 8. Also your patch levels will vary, due to the
> customization. Hence, if you need to customize you can't outsource.
>
> Dick Goulet
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject: Re: Oracle wants your job
> Author: Jared Still <jkstill_at_cybcon.com>
> Date: 4/30/2002 7:08 AM
>
>
> <RANT>
> This has all been tried before, and the predictions are the
> same: financial nirvana, big savings in technology costs,
> no pesky holier-than-thou DBA's baffling poor damagers
> with stuff they can't possibly understand.
> </RANT>
>
> Very few executive, managers or DBA's are going to want
> to place their corporate data on Oracle's site, or even provide
> access to it from outside for non-employees.
>
> There's also the whipping boy factor. Who's butt you going to
> kick when the database is screwed up? ;)
>
> Heard a good quote on a documentary the other night:
> "A corporation has no soul to save nor an ass to kick".
>
> Someone local must be accountable for the data. The whole
> outsourcing thing is kind of baffling to me at times. Why not
> carry it out its fullest measure?
>
> Outsource mfg, sales, IT, design and executives. No need
> for any employees.
>
> Guess I turned of the rant too soon.
>
>
> Jared
>
> On Tuesday 30 April 2002 06:44, Farnsworth, Dave wrote:
> > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/se/xml/02/04/29/020429seoracle.xml
> >
> > Dave

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