Comments on: Oracle and BEA — sometimes I am waaaay early http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/ Choices in data management and analysis Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:10:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The other shoe finally drops for Oracle and BEA | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/comment-page-1/#comment-158209 The other shoe finally drops for Oracle and BEA | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:51:53 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/#comment-158209 [...] prior coverage of the Oracle/BEA merger includes a brag about having called it back in 2002, a quick analysis of how Oracle should reconcile its various products, and an obvious joke. [...] [...] prior coverage of the Oracle/BEA merger includes a brag about having called it back in 2002, a quick analysis of how Oracle should reconcile its various products, and an obvious joke. [...]

]]> By: Merv Adrian’s threads on analyst blogging | Strategic Messaging http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/comment-page-1/#comment-115717 Merv Adrian’s threads on analyst blogging | Strategic Messaging Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:42:44 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/#comment-115717 [...] Oracle once evaded my requests for information about app servers for 18 months and then called me “unprofessional” for writing about Oracle’s app server without a recent briefing.  Unsurprisingly, I was eventually proved right. [...] [...] Oracle once evaded my requests for information about app servers for 18 months and then called me “unprofessional” for writing about Oracle’s app server without a recent briefing.  Unsurprisingly, I was eventually proved right. [...]

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/comment-page-1/#comment-56615 Curt Monash Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:51:57 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/#comment-56615 Another thing I was wrong about was being optimistic about DB2's market prospects. http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/09/another-firm-that-never-sees-db2-in-data-warehousing/ is an illustration of just how wrong I was about that. CAM Another thing I was wrong about was being optimistic about DB2’s market prospects. http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/09/another-firm-that-never-sees-db2-in-data-warehousing/ is an illustration of just how wrong I was about that.

CAM

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/comment-page-1/#comment-56614 Curt Monash Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:49:35 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/#comment-56614 Right you are. Oracle USED to have a severe NIH syndrome. Obviously, they've made a full and robust recovery. CAM Right you are. Oracle USED to have a severe NIH syndrome. Obviously, they’ve made a full and robust recovery.

CAM

]]> By: Ontario Emperor http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/comment-page-1/#comment-56600 Ontario Emperor Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:08:54 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/2007/10/12/oracle-and-bea-sometimes-i-am-waaaay-early/#comment-56600 (Got here via Twitter.) In addition to Oracle's demonstrated capability to acquire other companies, it should also be noted that Oracle now has a willingness to acquire other companies. Your 2002 paper noted that Oracle had a "severe" not invented here attitude; that has obviously changed. (Got here via Twitter.)

In addition to Oracle’s demonstrated capability to acquire other companies, it should also be noted that Oracle now has a willingness to acquire other companies. Your 2002 paper noted that Oracle had a “severe” not invented here attitude; that has obviously changed.

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