Re: Oracle Applications - can I get it? :-(

Piotr Czapiewski wrote:

>>If you really think this is something you can just install and get
>>familiar with like it was Excel or PowerPoint you
>>belong in the School of Medicine ... as a patient. It just isn't going
>>to happen. You are talking about a huge
>>application that requires very substantial resources for hardware and
>>configuration as well as years of training.
>>
>>
>
>I'm fairly aware of a complexity of the problem. I've been using quite a big
>system based on Oracle Database for a couple of years now, I thought it
>would be easier to deal with Oracle Financials/Oracle ABM than other options
>I've got... namely SAP, Baan.... My instructor's choice is Activity Based
>Costing and practically any ERP system supporting it. My choice is Oracle...
>If I'm wrong and getting to know a single module of SAP would be easier -
>than I change my decision... :-/
>

No. If you understand the immensity of the problem ... go forward. With Oracle, at least, you can look at
the source code.

>>find another instructor.
>>
>>
>
>Well.... that is not an option... and believe me, even if I could choose an
>instructor, mine is one of the best possible choices...
>
>Thanks for your help
>
>Regards
>
>Piotr Czapiewski
>
>
>

Then I hope you already have enough sleep to get you through the quarter. Because getting more won't be
much of an option for awhile.

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