Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email
by balderdash on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @12:59PM
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A while ago we were looking at migrating ERP - netsuite was a not a good price proposition and candidly feels a bit dated - but when you mapped features it was pretty impressive and for a lot of business that have some complexity (multi-entity, multi-currency, multi site mfg or inventory), there is not a whole lot of good alternatives because you can't use quicken but you definitely don't want SAP
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Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email
by stego-tech on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @01:25PM
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The irony is that the ERP space is ripe for innovation and disruption, but nobody wants to get into ERP because it's a goddamn nightmare.
Every business runs slightly differently than everyone else, and ERP tries to be this all-encompassing monolith. I wonder if the solution to ERP isn't just targeted microservices exposing data via APIs...
Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email
by balderdash on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @06:12PM
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yeah but i think that is the problem - everyone wants to customize / thinks their business is super unique, but honestly the customization is what makes ERP so painful. industry customization is important (motels are different than a small manufacturer) but for SMEs a standard solution that fits their industry is the can be implemented in a manner that's not akin to open heart surgery would be far more valuable to these firms.