back to article Oracle faces continued legal battle over alleged NetSuite software misrepresentations

A judge has allowed a fraud case against Oracle to continue after a customer resubmitted allegations that it was misled about the tasks Big Red's NetSuite software could perform. In November last year, Oracle won a reprieve in its defense of a lawsuit alleging the company conducted a "widespread fraudulent scheme and unfair …

  1. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

    What a precedent this could set. Salesmen being held to their promises. Big vendors to deliver working software. It could be the end of civilisation as we know it.

    1. ecofeco Silver badge

      That's just crazy commie talk!!

      (/s in case needed)

  2. TVU

    "However, River Supply Inc. (RSI), a Pennsylvania-based architectural construction material supplier, was told it could amend its claim, which originally alleged that Oracle committed fraud in the way it sold the software"

    Now who'd have thought that Oracle would ever do a naughty thing like that? /s

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    See Also.....

    (1) Birmingham City Council

    (2) Edinburgh University

    Common themes, you ask? Well.....Larry Ellison for a start!

  4. Bebu
    Windows

    Sounds like par for the course...

    《"...lures their customers into signing complex and confusing agreements, with terms thrust on the customer at the last moment without adequate time to review, and with key parts of the agreements hidden in hyperlinks."》

    Sorry, we will need time to run this past our people. Come back in a month with the identical agreement when will have properly considered your offer. Oracle sales droids even 30 years ago had very prescriptive performance targets very tightly tied to their compensation so any delays in closing really hurts them. :)

    Personally: dealing with Big <Colour> ... just say no.

  5. Code For Broke

    What I fail to understand is how Oracle convinces anyone to buy their stuff. Their reputation for fantastic over-promise/under-deliver is profound.

    Yes, they have the best sales people on the planet, with very large credit limits on their corporate card. Who doesn't like free drinks, a day on the greens and a steak dinner to top it off.

    But is that really all it takes? Are there really no leaders who care about the devastating impact that Oracle will have on their ability to perform basic tasks, and the enormous bloat of additional contracted labor and interminable post-implementation extensions of service by the implementor to (wishfully) mitigate the awfulness?

  6. Bitbeisser

    Oracle's sales and legal departments are working hard on keeping their moniker "Evil Red"...

  7. Not Yb Bronze badge

    It's vitally important to Oracle's yacht racing division that they be able to misrepresent what the software side of the business can do. How else would they win all those cup races without overcharging everyone for everything?

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