In the last and perhaps most important section of our survey, we ask customers whether their opinion of Oracle has changed; if it's changed, in what way; and where their level of satisfaction with Oracle as a vendor stands. Have Oracle's aggressive moves put them in a better or worse position with customers?

In this installment of our "What's Up With Oracle?" survey, we’re showing results from the section in which we asked customers what moves they’re expecting next from Oracle. Our 450 enterprise IT respondents tell us whether this is just business as usual for Oracle or part of an overall strategy - and what they think that strategy may be.

Respondents to our recent survey have told us what they think Oracle will do next after dropping Itanium. But what do they think of the company's possible courses of action? If Oracle moves against AIX, Windows, or Linux, will that help the company? Or will it damage Oracle's reputation in the eyes of customers? The customers speak here...

One of the biggest bombshells to hit the server business in recent memory happened in late March when Oracle announced that they would no longer port new versions of their software to Intel’s Itanium processor. The announcement caught the industry by surprise and caused an immediate uproar with vendors and customers alike. We asked 450 enterprise Unix customers why they think Oracle made this decision, and it’s clear that customers believe it isn’t just ‘business as usual.’

Oracle caused a server industry uproar in late March with their announcement that they were no longer going to port new software versions to Intel’s Itanium processor. We wanted to see how customers are reacting to this move and how they regard the “New Oracle.” To find out, we surveyed 450 highly knowledgeable enterprise IT customers. Virtually all of them have detailed knowledge about their organization’s hardware, o/s, middleware, and business applications...