RE: 22% annual maintenance from Oracle on JDE?

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
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