But the conversion costs wil be murder

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Fox — 12/30/2004 10:14:34 PM (archived)

So will the training, and the double-hit work slowdown from [a] hours spent in training; [b] the learning curve.

I just did a six-week temp job in the medical school/hospital of a state university. Their entire system runs on PeopleSoft, as does a lot of the rest of the state government. They've already scheduled an upgrade from 7.5 to 8.0, to begin Jan 3, projected to last thru March (we geeks all know it will take longer).

Kinda makes me glad I don't still work there, and sympathetic to the people I met who still do.

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Oracle puts rival Peoplesoft out of business in takover - David F Mayer - 12/30/2004 6:45:35 PM
- Big fish eat little fish (n/t) - alcaray - 12/30/2004 9:44:53 PM
  - Peoplesoft was a big fish, but not as big as Oracle (n/t) - DFM - 1/3/2005 6:41:14 AM
- Interesting to watch......... - Publius - 12/30/2004 7:41:05 PM
  - Peoplesoft made lousy software anyway. Their system was NOT built around the General Ledger concept, fundamental to accounting. The death of Peoplesoft is no loss to business. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/30/2004 7:58:00 PM
    - I've noticed this problem with just about every enterprise software solution I've ever encountered. - Scott Evil - 1/3/2005 3:53:36 PM
    - But the conversion costs wil be murder - Fox - 12/30/2004 10:14:34 PM
      - You are right. Conversion will be a nightmare. It will be aided somewhat by custom software produced by Oracle for the purpose. - David F Mayer - 12/31/2004 6:22:01 AM

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