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Large companies typically run ERP and related systems on Oracle. Supply chain, finance, hr etc. These system were often implemented decades ago and companies ar
by cerved 4y ago
Large companies typically run ERP and related systems on Oracle. Supply chain, finance, hr etc. These system were often implemented decades ago and companies are reluctant to poke around that.
It's also very likely implemented by some consultants and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a lot of weird Oracle specific functionality used. Convoluted stored procedures that nobody understands and nobody touches because then it probably breaks.
Oracle also has a very aggressive sales organization. They will defend their accounts. That might be with carrots like discounts. It may also be with sticks, like licensing audits.
- xmcqdpt2 4y agoOften the consulting was done... by Oracle itself!
- 4RealFreedom 4y agoI've seen Oracle 1000 times for ERP.
- bombcar 4y agoAnyone who hasn’t used an ERP would be amazed in good and bad ways by it. We think people using the slightly older version of HTTPS is weird - ERP systems are often so old that the grandkids of whoever started writing it are retiring. Oracle has things like “pretend to be a version of the database from 20 years ago so this weird load-bearing piece of software doesn’t break.” The only thing I know of that comes close is Windows itself with its shins and Linus’s absolute refusal to break userspace.