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August 13th, 2007

Pleasantly surprised by Oracle

Posted by Michael Krigsman @ 6:06 am

Categories: Consulting, Enterprise 2.0, Vendor relationships

Tags: Oracle Corp., Arrogance, Michael Krigsman

Over the last year, I’ve railed against Oracle for its arrogance in the face of major project failures. We’re talking world-class, spit-in-your-face arrogance here.

So, it was with pleasure that I read about work being done at Oracle’s AppsLabs. The whole attitude is open, with a clear desire to produce something useful and interesting. What a breath of fresh air!

Note to Oracle sales and consulting: There’s a really, really big lesson in here for you.

[via fellow Enterprise Irregular Jerry Bowles]

Michael KrigsmanMichael Krigsman is CEO of Asuret, Inc., a software and consulting company dedicated to reducing software implementation failures. Click here to discuss this post with him on Twitter. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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