RE: Air Force

Don't be so sure. I once met a lady who is the assistant to the number two
guy at Oracle.

She bemoaned the fact that they have to use their own software to run the
business. She said it crashes a couple times a week.

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

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Olson
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 12:51 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Air Force

I'd be willing to bet all these cost overruns are the result of PEOPLE not
the software or hardware used to implement the processes.


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Nelson [mailto:nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:27 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Air Force

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-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gqcy
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:25 AM
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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

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