Halfway to Fusion - What they didn't say

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Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:27:16 +0100

David L. Price blogged about the event too. His post is here: http://ideatec.blogspot.com/2006/01/oracle-fusion-strategy-briefing.html. He wasn't impressed either. - Brent Martin

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Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:36:32 +0100

I guess customers will upgrade to Fusion if Oracle can demonstrate clear value in the product. Oracle has committed to a generous support lifecycle, so users won't be pressured to upgrade like they were in the past. And with options like TomorrowNow, a lot of companies may elect to discontinue Oracle support altogether and run maintain their current implementations much longer than they have in the past.

Regarding a code parser -- That's beyond me. I have trouble enough reading other people's code, much less writing a program to do it ;-) I think the key to a successful Fusion upgrade will be not understanding what the code does but why the code is there in the first place. You'll need to know the business problems your customizations address, and the requirements of the customizations. Armed with that information, you'll be able to recreate them in whatever language and application is appropriate. - Brent Martin

Comment from David Vandiver

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:21:43 +0100

Thanks for link to the article "I pity the fool". Awesome reading. It led me to more info on metatags, VCs, and more.

I wonder how many customers will stay away from Fusion.

One thought: could we build an engine to parse PeopleCode or an SQR and tell the user in English what is happening? Almost a documenting engine so a client could know what the SQR did in the legacy system (while on their way to Fusion). - David Vandiver