All software acquired by Oracle. Well, not really all....but you know that many Oracle acquisitions are motivated or if the need to remove a competitor and keep

All software acquired by Oracle. Well, not really all....but you know that many Oracle acquisitions are motivated or if the need to remove a competitor and keep their customers. The disappearance of Brio Intelligence Designer (a.k.a. Brio Query) is a sad story. First merged into Hyperion, then diluted into bland Oracle products. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/brioquery-helps-simplify-reporting/ http://www.techrepublic.com/article/brioquery-helps-simplify... It had a visual query designer that was easy to use for mid to advanced power users without SQL knowledge, and didn't require the pre-join of tables as most self-service competitors do. So far I haven't seen anything as easy and powerful at the same time.