Re: [sqr-users] oracle and peoplesoft

["the dragon" <ceprn@hotmail.com>]

My opinion... The Justice Dept/SEC will not allow this one to go down.

dragon



PSA: Salary <> Slavery.  If you earn a salary, your employer is renting your 
services for 40 hours a week, not purchasing your soul.  Your time is the 
only real finite asset that you have, and once used it can never be 
recovered, so don't waste it by giving it away.

"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you 
can determine how it will be spent.  Be careful lest you let other people 
spend it for you."

Carl Sandburg
(1878 - 1967)


----Original Message Follows----

Hey Ray and gang,
Trolling as a CIO these days but still keeping my eye on the list...

First the deal has to be consummated.  Will that happen?  If so, how will 
they
support 2 different front ends if they do, is the big question.

As for Brio...LOL...I could have bought the company considering the stock 
price
but the offshorers took away all of my business!  But watch out....SQL 
Server
is coming out with its own reporting tool and could be based on VB.  That 
would
be a bigger worry.

And lastly...SQR will never die off.  Too many devotees and in today's 
times,
its no longer "keeping up with the Jones".

Just my two cents,
Sam



--- Ray Ontko <rayo@ontko.com> wrote:
 > SQR-USERS,
 >
 > Oracle has today announced it's cash offer to purchase Peoplsoft.
 > http://www.oracle.com/corporate/investor_relations/FINALpsft.pdf
 >
 > I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about how this might
 > affect SQR (in the long run) if the deal is consumated.
 >
 > I suspect that existing PS customers will continue to be supported
 > for quite a long time and that SQR will continue to be part of
 > the supported software platform.
 >
 > Oracle may try to push PS customers toward the Oracle database
 > and development tools, over time, but I suspect they're mostly
 > interested in the cash flow.
 >
 > Does anyone know whether they provided a nice bridge for users
 > from DEC/RDB to Oracle back when they acquired that technology?
 >
 > Of course, if they bought PS because they wanted to have access
 > to the SQR code to replace Oracle Reports, they probably could have
 > bought Brio for less. ;-)
 >
 > Ray
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