There is lots of new information in the blogosphere coming from OpenWorld today.  Best I can tell, here's what's going on:

Larry Ellison took the stage and talked (finally) about Fusion Applications.

The first Fusion Applications will start arriving in early 2008 and be focused on salesforce automation, with pre-built integration packs for Oracle's E-Business Suite. 

the first Fusion applications would come out early in 2008, focusing on salesforce automation, with pre-built integration packs for Oracle’s E-Business Suite ERP.

Instead of creating massive applications, such as a full CRM or HR suites, Oracle is starting with focused modules, based on Fusion Middleware, that integrate with existing applications.

Earlier, during his presentation, Ellison said, “I can’t press a button and have them all be Fusion apps. It has to be a gradual, evolutionary process.” Later during the Q&A he said that ultimately Oracle will rewrite all of its applications and have a Fusion version for every functional area, he said. Indeed, the full Fusion suites will take years to surface.

Here's another good article discussing Fusion Apps. 

This seems to be as good of a time as any to share a rumor I heard a few months ago about Fusion applications.  First, they're based on a "cornerstone" applications -- Seibel will be the cornerstone app for CRM, PeopleSoft will be the cornerstone app for HRMS, Oracle Financials will be the cornerstone app for Finance, Oracle's product (sorry, can't remember the name) will be the cornerstone app for EPM.  No surprises there.  But what surprised me was that supposedly the HRMS Fusion application development was still being done in Application Designer.  I found that a little hard to swallow, but hearing that Fusion apps will come out "a module at a time" makes me think there could be some truth to it.  I'll admit that I thought Oracle was going to try to deliver fully-funcitonal replatformed HRMS, Financials and CRM applications by 2008.  Sounds like that's still months (or years) off.  Will that impact Oracle's market share?  I'd guess not.  My clients aren't exactly clamoring for Fusion apps -- they seem content to get the return on their existing investments in PepoleSoft software, although it gives SAP more time to respond to Fusion.

But I digress.

If you're interested in Oracle's Virtualizaiton technology, you can now download a copy.  It runs on Linux, and the download includes Enteprise Linux and Oracle VM.  VMWare responded with 10 Reasons why Oracle Databases run best on VMWare.

Speaking of Enterprise Linux, Oracle announced today that they have 1,500 customers in less than 9 months . 

Ed Abbo, VP of Development for "Applications Unlimited", showed off some really cool things Oracle has done in the Social Apps space built with their Fusion Middleware.  

And Oracle Mix is a "combination social network, idea sharing site, group collaboration tool, and answers forum."  It was released a couple of days ago.  It seems interesting - check it out.

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