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Microsoft Eyes PeopleSoft Customers
An anonymous reader writes "According to a couple articles, Microsoft has announced an intent to pick up some of the PeopleSoft customers currently fleeing from possible support contract increases and an uncertain future. What does it mean for the landscape of the ERP market if Microsoft starts being more competitive with its Axapta product?"
One reason is that until very recently you needed Oracle DB to run Compiere. There is a slew of new FOOS DB's in the works for Compiere most interesting it Fyracle the Oracle Mode Firebird
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Short version: PeopleSoft is ERP software that sits on top of just about any database out there (we run on top of Oracle where I work; I was working on top of SQL Server today in a class I'm taking. I know it runs on DB2, and it's built to be platform independent.) ERP software is what large and medium businesses (maybe small businesses too, but I don't see a small business tossing down a couple million to get a PS installation) use to track everything from the wage one gets paid to the pens used by the secretaries to the orders going out the door.
No. There are none. If there were, they wouldn't last. And no one in their right mind would want to use one. Ever.
See this (much deservered) +5 Insightful post for a better understand of the issues
Long story short: the volunteer coders would need to put together a project where: "The system flexability, business knowledge requirements, legal issues, tax issues, GAAP requirements, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, etc. would overwhelm any small team.", all with 24x7x365 support
Anonymous to avoid stealing the author's well-deserved kudos.
Am I the only one left who has no fucking clue what PeopleSoft is or what Axapta is? Is this some sort of database thing?
Axapta is an ERP system. It was originally started in Denmark by a company called Damgaard. The company merged with Navision Software in 2000, and Navision was then purchased by Microsoft.
It's a powerful package; AFAIK it can run on either Oracle or SQL Server.
You can find a detailed review here or, if you only want the differences from other products, go here.
You have no idea what business PeopleSoft is in do you?
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You have no idea what products MBS provide do you ?
A couple of years ago they purchased a company in Denmark called "Navision Damgaard". That company is now a major part of MBS. They hold the two key-products "Navision Attain" and "Concorde Axapta". These products are not initially developed by Microsoft, and are stable, mature, and technologically quite reasonable products.
The sales of those products in the US are booming, even though the products are not very well known yet. The reason is, that even though I hold no special love for Bill Gates or Microsoft, I have to admit that the products from the former Navision Damgaard company actually are quite good.
Like it or not, but they actually have a decent chance at pulling this off. There are thousands of IT professionals in Europe with Navision/Axapta certifications who would love to go to the states for a couple of years, train others, complete a few projects, and make a small fortune. I am not one of them - but trust me
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