Good points all.
Reminds me of Larry E's statement last year that businesses should be run the way the software works: no customizations. Can you see why he said that? :) Oracle corp knows best. Jared On Tuesday 30 April 2002 07:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jared, > > The other problem with outsourcing, which we've run head on into, is > that an ASP wants you to run the application "plain vanilla". > Customization of an application to fit your business/needs is one area they > really do not like to handle. Makes upgrading a pain in the *&^, which > means some of your clients are running PeopleSoft 7 while the remainder are > on Peoplesoft 8. Also your patch levels will vary, due to the > customization. Hence, if you need to customize you can't outsource. > > Dick Goulet > > ____________________Reply Separator____________________ > Subject: Re: Oracle wants your job > Author: Jared Still <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 4/30/2002 7:08 AM > > > <RANT> > This has all been tried before, and the predictions are the > same: financial nirvana, big savings in technology costs, > no pesky holier-than-thou DBA's baffling poor damagers > with stuff they can't possibly understand. > </RANT> > > Very few executive, managers or DBA's are going to want > to place their corporate data on Oracle's site, or even provide > access to it from outside for non-employees. > > There's also the whipping boy factor. Who's butt you going to > kick when the database is screwed up? ;) > > Heard a good quote on a documentary the other night: > "A corporation has no soul to save nor an ass to kick". > > Someone local must be accountable for the data. The whole > outsourcing thing is kind of baffling to me at times. Why not > carry it out its fullest measure? > > Outsource mfg, sales, IT, design and executives. No need > for any employees. > > Guess I turned of the rant too soon. > > > Jared > > On Tuesday 30 April 2002 06:44, Farnsworth, Dave wrote: > > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/se/xml/02/04/29/020429seoracle.xml > > > > Dave -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
