Comments on: PeopleSoft flap may be hurting Oracle's image

Public opinion of the database giant sinks to 12-year low, a new report indicates.

Oracle needs to go away!

I work the single biggest mistake Air Force brass has ever implemented. The Oracle HR based MILitary Personnel MODernization (MILMOD) was pitched as a Cadilac replacing the old Legacy system. We recieved a Yugo. Being proud of fixing over 7500+ defects the first year should give you an indication of how bad its first 3 years has been. Administration of this system involves the field experts, now reduced to help desk technicians, calling a civilian contractor for a work order number rather than fixing issues on the spot. This system is a fine example of if it is old but still gets the job done leave it alone! Not all new technology is necessary, must have technology! I don't know whoh at Oracle pitched this, but I hope they and their whole staff were fired. Oracle was a sucker punch to the entire Air Force military personnel community!

Oracle isn't completely at fault

Having spent 7 years in the USAF acquisition community at Wright-Patterson AFB you can stop blaming Oracle soley for the problems. One thing that I found during my stay in aquiaition is that the upper brass, particularly the GS folks are gluttens for the next pretty tech thing that comes around. It does not have to be functional, just pretty. Function can be figured out by the guys on the line, later. And BTW, we did PeopleSoft HR here & it too was full of bugs & other flaws that we had to fix, sometimes dumping all together & re-writing it ourselves.

Oracle's problem is Not PeopleSoft

Boy, did the author of this report get it wrong. Oracle's problems have nothing to do with their attempt to acquire PeopleSoft, although I personally think it's a mistake in the first place. Oracle's problem is the cost to acquire their products and the recurring costs to keep them. If Oracle does not do so something about their licensing schemes & costing pretty soon it may become too late. Mr Ellison made a statement about Site-Licensing a couple of years ago. It's been way too long since anything more about it has been heard. It's high time to drop user and/or CPU based licensing & get on the site-licensing model.

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Ellison made a statement

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