Josh Juneau wrote: > I agree that there is a hefty product overlap. Listening to some of the Oracle podcasts, they bought PeopleSoft, JD Edwards etc - definite product overlaps - and are continuing with them all. They even went further announcing "applications unlimited" - basically keep paying and Oracle will keep supporting the version you are on (for a long time). I think this sort of announcement was to squash fears they would be dropping products they bought out. I don't think it should always be assumed that squashing out one of two products makes good business sense - if you loose customer share as a result to other competitors.
Oracle may of course try to merge some product lines where sensible. Wasn't it the recent Java Posse podcast with Oracle saying they were pushing ahead with WebLogic, but moving good stuff out of the Oracle server into WebLogic? - I particularly found interesting the discussion of the different JVMs - the fact that Oracle's JVM is designed specifically to sit in the database engine for efficient stored procedures etc with extensions to share classes better etc. The Sun JVM did not do this, and neither does JRocket. It made sense to me that they had JVMs targeted at specific niche problems. If you are big enough, the benefit is worth the cost. Interesting days... Alan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
