Another Oracle site bites the dust
Jul 19th 2011vesterliOraDBPedia Syndication & Web 2.0 & usability
Oracle is currently killing off their web sites, yanking lots of useful content off the web with little or no warning. Both the Oracle Wiki and usableapps.oracle.comĀ died this week, and all Oracle can offer by way of explanation is vague noises about maybe something else will come later.
The death of the Oracle Wiki without a replacement further detracts from Oracle’s already not too high standing in the Enterprise 2.0 space. Oracle is proudly claiming to use their own databases and applications, but apparently don’t feel that Oracle WebCenter is up to the task of running their wiki.
Even more mysterious is that UsableApps was taken down. Given the fact that usability is the KEY selling point of Fusion Applications, it’s baffling that the site that showcased Oracle’s work in usability and giving credence to Oracle’s claims of superior usability in Fusion Apps has vanished.
This is very strange behavior for a company that used to call itself “the information company” - but maybe the lawyers that run Oracle have decided it’s safer to replace all of Oracles websites with safe harbor statements? 