Leaked: Sun's project to migrate migrate customers using Oracle to MySQL

http://www.wikileaks.com/wiki/Sun_Microsystems_%22Project_Peter%22_targets_Oracle_to_MySQL_migrations_to_boost_sales

by Torn • 17 years ago

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bensummers2• 17 years ago

I wonder how many other companies have internal presentations for their sales staff on how to win business from competitors, regardless of the alleged suitability of their product?

Torn2• 17 years ago

I bet most companies would have strategies for this type of stuff (stealing sales, recruiting team members from competitors) -- even if it's not explicit documents such as the one in the OP.

I think if the product is good enough to get the job done, and it meets the customer's needs without too much pain then why not?

bensummers2• 17 years ago

I think what I was trying to say is that it's not exactly a shock that they should be trying to get Oracle customers where MySQL would work fine.

In fact, not doing this would more shocking.

Leaked: Sun's project to migrate migrate customers using Oracle to MySQL

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