2007年10月16日 星期二

[軟體工程] Soothing words for BEA's nervous customers


今天早上繼續追蹤 "Oracle 欲併購 BEA 的消息",看了一篇 ZDNet 的評論,探討我們關切的話題,意思大略是 對於原本 BEA WebLogic 的使用者,將來會不會受到影響呢? 使用 BEA WebLogic 的客戶,最終會不會導向 Oracle Application Server 呢? 將來 Oracle 會不會把 BEA 的產品 merge 到 Oracle 裡面?

分析師預測,若併購,Oracle 應該會保持 BEA 的優良產品線 ... 至於 BEA 的 Support 就不得而知了 ... 老實說, BEA 的 eSupport 還蠻好用的,有類似 Bug 追蹤的資料庫功能 ...
( Oracle 的 Metalink 也不賴,不過,不是 Open 的... 呵呵)
另外,我也蠻想知道, BEA Systems Taiwan 的幾個朋友(Kevin黃開印、Tiger 蕭百齡、...) 現在的想法是什麼? ... ^^
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Soothing words for BEA's nervous customers
Posted by Joe McKendrick @ 9:02 am, October 15th, 2007

In the event Oracle is eventually successful in buying out BEA Systems, would BEA customers eventually be forced to upgrade away from WebLogic to Oracle Application Server, and so on?

Analysts interviewed in Network World don't see this happening — it's in Oracle's best interest to keep the BEA product line going. The irrepressible Jim Kobielus, for one, says that Oracle is unlikely to drop a large and well-established brand like BEA's. There naturally would be a lot of fear and loathing among BEA’s customer base, but this is natural, says Jim, analyst with Current Analysis and a fellow SOA Briefings Direct panelist. BEA customers will wonder, “is there a future for us?

They might be concerned Oracle will absorb BEA technology into its current offerings, or not offer the same level of support and upgrades they've received from BEA.” Not to worry, according to Jim and Ovum's Laurent Lachal, also quoted in the article. Jim expects to see a lot of “cross-fertilization” between Oracle and BEA products: “They're going to cherry-pick the best technology going forward from BEA's product portfolio. That's going to be a long-running process.” buying out BEA Systems, would BEA customers eventually be forced to upgrade away from WebLogic to Oracle Application Server, and so on?

Analysts interviewed in Network World don't see this happening — it's in Oracle's best interest to keep the BEA product line going. The irrepressible Jim Kobielus, for one, says that Oracle is unlikely to drop a large and well-established brand like BEA's. There naturally would be a lot of fear and loathing among BEA’s customer base, but this is natural, says Jim, analyst with Current Analysis and a fellow SOA Briefings Direct panelist. BEA customers will wonder, “is there a future for us?

They might be concerned Oracle will absorb BEA technology into its current offerings, or not offer the same level of support and upgrades they've received from BEA.” Not to worry, according to Jim and Ovum's Laurent Lachal, also quoted in the article. Jim expects to see a lot of “cross-fertilization” between Oracle and BEA products: “They're going to cherry-pick the best technology going forward from BEA's product portfolio. That's going to be a long-running process.”

ZDNet Larry Dignan speculates whether BEA may be Oracle's Fusion middleware strategy. “Oracle has middleware, but this deal make you wonder where BEA fits in with the Fusion strategy. Is BEA Oracle's Fusion strategy?”

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