RE: Air Force

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Heh. Oracle took my client for only $16 million. The client stayed on the
iSeries and added another.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gqcy
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:25 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Air Force

from the article:
> The software initiative, called the Expeditionary Combat Support System,
was supposed to manage logistics using software from Oracle. In 2006, the
Air Force announced that it had awarded a $628 million contract to the
Computer Sciences Corporation to serve as lead system integrator; its job
would be to "configure, deploy and conduct training and change management
activities" before the launch.

Strange, I think I have heard this somewhere else.
Oracle plus gobs of money, multiplied by time, equals a "wicked problem"






On 12/11/2012 9:11 AM, Raul A. Jager W. wrote:
> I read an article in NYT about a failed "software upgrade" but there is
> no details about what was going to be replaced by what.
> It will be very interesting to know the details about the "upgrade".
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/technology/air-force-stumbles-over-softwar
e-modernization-project.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121209
>