A college buddy was the reason my client's FORMER CFO went with Oracle. The
owner of the company flew me into town a while back to let me watch him
unplug the Oracle server, and then he told me he should have listened to me
instead of the guy he had fired the previous day.
Vindication is sweet.
Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 4:32 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Air Force
Paul,
Your client got off lucky. There was one shop out by Dulles who's CEO's
college roomie worked for HP and told him that HP and Oracle were the best
thing since sex and sliced bread...I think that somewhere in the area of 7
years and over $80 MILLION they made the transition off the AS/400 to
Oracle...it was the laughing stock of DC metro when I lived up there...
DR2
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 10:27 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Air Force
Heh. Oracle took my client for only $16 million. The client stayed on the
iSeries and added another.
Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gqcy
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:25 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Air Force
from the article:
The software initiative, called the Expeditionary Combat Support System,
was supposed to manage logistics using software from Oracle. In 2006, the
Air Force announced that it had awarded a $628 million contract to the
Computer Sciences Corporation to serve as lead system integrator; its job
would be to "configure, deploy and conduct training and change management
activities" before the launch.
Strange, I think I have heard this somewhere else.
Oracle plus gobs of money, multiplied by time, equals a "wicked problem"
On 12/11/2012 9:11 AM, Raul A. Jager W. wrote:
I read an article in NYT about a failed "software upgrade" but there is
no details about what was going to be replaced by what.
It will be very interesting to know the details about the "upgrade".
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/technology/air-force-stumbles-over-softwar
e-modernization-project.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121209
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