Alex_Pastuhov
Legendary Poster
I've just been to a local Quest meeting, also attended by a senior Oracle representative and (although not always in clear text), the message was very positive for JDE users and JDE software:
Basically, we were told that:
- Oracle continues selling JDE, i.e.: if a prospect wouldn't pay for anything other than JDE, they will be happy to sell it to them;
- If a prospect would not pay for JDE on Oracle DB, they will be happy to sell it with any other DB JDE currently supports (which may be a hard sell, i.e. they could offer a better price on JDE with Oracle DB).
Clearly, if their choice is a binary "sell JDE' or "don't sell", there's no choice, really, and JDE may well live well beyond the minumum promised 2013.
Oracle also knows a lot about customer loyalty: a) they have plenty of loyal customers themselves, plus b) they could never break IBM customer's loyalty. So, they well understand the implications of having many loyal JDE customers, who would oppose any dramatic changes...
Basically, we were told that:
- Oracle continues selling JDE, i.e.: if a prospect wouldn't pay for anything other than JDE, they will be happy to sell it to them;
- If a prospect would not pay for JDE on Oracle DB, they will be happy to sell it with any other DB JDE currently supports (which may be a hard sell, i.e. they could offer a better price on JDE with Oracle DB).
Clearly, if their choice is a binary "sell JDE' or "don't sell", there's no choice, really, and JDE may well live well beyond the minumum promised 2013.
Oracle also knows a lot about customer loyalty: a) they have plenty of loyal customers themselves, plus b) they could never break IBM customer's loyalty. So, they well understand the implications of having many loyal JDE customers, who would oppose any dramatic changes...