Today is a big day for Oracle and our team. We have been cranking pretty hard for the last 6 weeks to get here. Where are we you ask? We’ll, I like to think of it as camp. Y’know in those everest trips how the teams have to reach a series of camps before their ultimate dream of conquering the highest peak on this planet? Today, was the first stop on our way to having the applications community we have all dreamed about. We have officially launched our Beta of Oracle Mix. Mix is our combination social network, idea sharing site, group collaboration tool, and answers forum. Oh yeah, and it’s all running on the red stack, Oracle Linux, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle DB.
The really cool thing is that we built the whole thing in about 6 weeks, from start to finish. That includes the very brief design sessions we had to flush out requirements, wireframes, etc. If you ask Jake nicely he might post a few of our really fancy whiteboard wireframes that he captured on his iphone (can you say Agile development?) The other cool thing was that as a part of this project we were lucky enough to connect with a fantastic team from ThoughtWorks. It was collaborative from start to finish. We each brought a few necessary components to the table along with a mutual desire to do something not only different, but special. I can tell you that without their professionalism and expertise, we would not be where we are today.
It should also be noted that launching anything as ambitious as a community for such a large group of people is not done in a vacuum. There were unsung heroes throughout Oracle in groups like legal, hr, operations, marketing, customer programs, and more that really made this happen. There are challenges in any project, but the people we ran into always seemed to find the answer, happily. To them we simply say thank you.
So here we are, day 1. Now the real fun begins. Seeing how everyone who cares about Oracle applications uses this new tool. We are excited to see what works and what doesn’t. There will without question be issues as we figure out what this new world means to our community. So pardon our dust if you see it, and thanks for coming along for the ride!
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12 November 2007 at 12:29 am
[...] Mix is Live [...]
12 November 2007 at 7:08 am
postedMix is Liveon Oracle AppsLab
12 November 2007 at 3:40 pm
[...] to OOW, Oracle Apps Lab launched Oracle Mix which is a version of an internal Oracle networking site (which ...
13 November 2007 at 2:19 pm
create and share content (as well as rate and comment on it). The wiki may overlap somewhat with another ...
13 November 2007 at 8:01 pm
[...] Mix, a social networking site for customers with idea voting, groups, user profiles, and Q&A. According to Oracle Apps ...
14 November 2007 at 12:08 am
Rejoining the Oracle Social Mix... [..] To the AppsLab team - a big thank you! As I mentioned in my last ...
19 November 2007 at 12:00 am
AppsLab」と、Martin Fowlerが所属していることでも有名なThoughtWorksが協力して開発したサービスです。 Oracle AppsLab http://oracleappslab.com/ Oracle AppsLab > Mix is ...
22 November 2007 at 11:44 pm
[...] poco Oracle anunció el lanzamiento de Oracle Mix, la que según afirman es la aplicación más grande desplegada con ...
12 December 2007 at 8:50 pm
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13 December 2007 at 10:14 pm
スクープです！ちょっとこれは気になるでしょうｗComment on Mix is Live by エンジニアの発信する【Ruby】情報 最新IT ...KramerautoPingback[…]http://oracleappslab.com/2007/11/11/mix-is-live/[…]... 新規講座のご紹介「Web2.0時代の情報収集法」
13 January 2008 at 7:48 am
」と、Martin Fowlerが所属していることでも有名なThoughtWorksが協力して開発したサービスです。なんて事もあり興味を持ったとうのもあるんですけどね。 ところで、Oracle AppsLabといえば・・・以前私のエントリがPingback（かな？）でAppsLabのエントリにトラックバックされていたっけ。。。(^^;;; ちなみに、Oracle Mixに登録しちゃってます。。:)
18 February 2008 at 2:54 am
[...] Marketing Event" fun. Hopefully, this helps some of you push (J)Ruby into your own day job. http://oracleappslab.com/2007/11/11/mix-is-live/ ...
23 March 2008 at 11:17 am
[...] poco Oracle anunció el lanzamiento de Oracle Mix, la que según afirman es la aplicación más grande desplegada con ...