Re: Oracle loses its fingers on the cutting edge

Niall Litchfield wrote:
>
> "Rauf Sarwar" <rsarwar_at_ifsna.com> wrote in message
> news:c2d690f2.0206272117.17d5fb74_at_posting.google.com...
> > Devils advocate...
> > If it wasn't for Oracle, I would have been earning my living using SQL
> > Server or Sybase etc...(Yikes). So I would say... Don't bite the hand
> > that feeds you...
>
> The trouble is Oracle have made a huge play about the business benefits they
> have realised by using their own software. I think that if you are going to
> say how rosy everything in the garden is - it would help if the same old
> same old didn't keep happening to your suppliers.

I'm not sure this is as bad as Mike made it out to be. Steps 1-10 were all just email traffic which had nothing to do with technology, just people getting on the same page. Step 11 happened remarkably fast. Steps 12-16 were a result of a person (the editor) not understanding the process; again, technology isn't to blame. The remaining steps appear to be a result of AP not being fulling integrated (yet) into the electronic mix. So... all I'm getting at is that, although I understand Mike's frustration, you can't blame it all on the technology. And I think if you look at Oracle financial results for the last 2 years you'll see a remarkable savings in IT spending as a direct result of "eating their own dogfood." It's not just a play, it's for real. That doesn't mean it's perfect, or that it's even complete. But the savings are for real.

Regards,
Sean M Received on Fri Jun 28 2002 - 12:58:58 CDT