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There is a real strong chance we will be dropping Oracle maintenance next year. We would have done the same thing if it was still Peoplesoft as well. We just don't get the bang for the buck anymore and we are ok with that. We are currently a World 7.3 client and plan to be there for awhile. If I were to guess, I'd say about 1/4 of the World clients (not currently migrating to EnterpriseOne {OneWorld}) will jump ship on Oracle in the next year with more to come after the first wave "tests the 3rd party waters" and gets feedback from the community. My .02 worth. -----Original Message----- From: Jan Megannon [mailto:jmegannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 5:59 AM To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Subject: 22% annual maintenance from Oracle on JDE? We all know they (Oracle) committed to not doing away with JDE. Although third-party MA's are available, what is going to be the migration of customers in a few months time? JDE Shops Have Plenty of Options for Third-Party Maintenance by Alex Woodie J.D. Edwards shops cringing at the thought of writing 22 percent maintenance checks to Oracle can rest a little easier knowing there are other options, and the ranks of companies offering third-party maintenance programs for World and EnterpriseOne are growing quickly. Two weeks ago, yet another Denver, Colorado, company threw its hat into the third-party maintenance ring, joining three others that have done the same since December. Read more at http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs020805-story01.html -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. _________________________________________________ Scanned on 08 Feb 2005 12:52:51
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