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Oracle and the US State of Oregon have struck a $US100m settlement over Big Red's botching of a health portal project. But even though Oracle looks like the villain, it will probably come out ahead in the long term because the state has committed to implementing plenty of its software. The settlement came about after a $300m …

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    1. The Count
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      If you actually read the article you would see it says $25m which is short for 25 million US dollars. Don't they teach abbreviations in UK schools anymore?

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      1. Mark 85
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        Indeed, it now says "$25m".... I'll delete my sleazy lawyer joke. Oh... I'm from the States... well versed in abbreviations.

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  2. Aitor 1

    Angry

    Just angry.

    If only they got rid of bean counters, PHBs and most (but not all) lawyers, things could be done with a 10th of the cost...

    And going into lock in with Oracle? Bring back the 90s!!

    I love Oracle DDBBs, but they are NOT worth the license and maintenance cost.

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    1. The Count
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      What the heck is a DDBB? Did you mean to say database? Because that's what the rest of the world calls them.

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  3. wikkity

    Amazing, you really can't make stuff like this up.

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  4. Lennart Sorensen

    Peoplesoft at no cost? There is no such thing. It costs a fortune in time to get set up and then forces you to change your processes to match what it wants, not what you want. It's not free at all.

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  5. Dwarf

    Summary

    So, the summary seems to be :

    Botched project rewarded by second bite of the cherry with lock-in and long-term support costs coming in a couple of years time.

    I wonder how they expect the deployment to go this time around and what happens if it goes bad again ??

    Makes you wonder if there is any desire for any of the big projects to deliver successfully.

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    1. NotBob
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      It has to work this time, otherwise Oracle won't have them locked in and required to pay...

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  6. Billl

    This proves that Oracle was right.

    The state of Oregon is incompetent. Oregon's issues were politically motivated/caused from the start. Oracle loses nothing in this settlement and the state gets to pay millions to Oracle in support costs. All of those products require Oracle DB and other services. Oracle has won big time here, but the politicians get to crow that they won. Oregon tax payers lose!

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    1. a_yank_lurker
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      Re: This proves that Oracle was right.

      Oregon has some prime candidates for the America's Native Criminal Class who subtract from the the Sum Total of Human Knowledge by their existence aka Congress (HT Mark Twain and Thomas 'Czar' Reed).

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  7. Anonymous Coward
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    Better punishment would be...

    > “a six-year Unlimited License Agreement (ULA) for [Oracle] products and services"

    Would be better if they were made to pay for a six-year unlimited SAP or MS license.

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