<s>
Edwards	O
World	O
Solution	O
Company	O
or	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
,	O
abbreviated	O
JDE	O
,	O
was	O
an	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
software	O
company	O
,	O
whose	O
namesake	O
ERP	O
system	O
is	O
still	O
sold	O
under	O
ownership	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
JDE	O
's	O
products	O
included	O
World	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
AS/400	I-Device
minicomputers	B-Architecture
(	O
the	O
users	O
using	O
a	O
computer	O
terminal	O
or	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
)	O
,	O
OneWorld	O
for	O
CNC	B-Application
architecture	I-Application
(	O
a	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
fat	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
)	O
,	O
and	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
EnterpriseOne	B-Application
(	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
thin	B-Device
client	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
days	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
hostile	O
takeover	O
bid	O
for	O
PeopleSoft	O
sans	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PeopleSoft	O
went	O
ahead	O
with	O
the	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
acquisition	O
anyway	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
finally	O
took	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
combined	O
JD	O
Edwards-PeopleSoft	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2020	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
continues	O
to	O
sell	O
and	O
actively	O
support	O
both	O
ERP	O
packages	O
,	O
branded	O
now	O
as	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
EnterpriseOne	B-Application
and	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
World	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
had	O
the	O
same	O
advantage	O
that	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
had	O
because	O
we	O
worked	O
on	O
smaller	O
companies	O
,	O
we	O
were	O
forced	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
whole	O
broad	O
picture.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
requirement	O
was	O
relevant	O
to	O
both	O
JDE	O
clients	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
and	O
Europe	O
and	O
their	O
European	O
competitor	O
SAP	B-Application
,	O
whose	O
typical	O
clients	O
were	O
much	O
smaller	O
than	O
the	O
American	O
Fortune	O
500	O
firms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
using	O
System/34	B-Device
and	O
/36	B-Device
minicomputers	B-Architecture
,	O
changing	O
course	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
to	O
the	O
System/38	B-Device
,	O
later	O
switching	O
to	O
the	O
AS/400	B-Device
platform	O
when	O
it	O
became	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Later	O
on	O
,	O
users	O
would	O
run	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
software	O
on	O
their	O
personal	O
computers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
ERP	O
system	O
,	O
World	O
comprised	O
the	O
three	O
basic	O
areas	O
of	O
expertise	O
:	O
functional/business	O
analyst	O
,	O
programmer/software	O
developer	O
,	O
and	O
CNC/system	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
late	O
1996	O
,	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
delivered	O
to	O
its	O
customers	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
major	O
corporate	O
initiative	O
:	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
now	O
ported	O
to	O
platform-independent	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
branded	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
OneWorld	O
,	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
product	O
with	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
a	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
model	O
replacing	O
the	O
old	O
server-centric	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
architecture	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
had	O
developed	O
for	O
this	O
newer	O
technology	O
,	O
called	O
Configurable	B-Application
Network	I-Application
Computing	I-Application
or	O
CNC	B-Application
,	O
transparently	O
shielded	O
business	O
applications	O
from	O
the	O
servers	O
that	O
ran	O
those	O
same	O
applications	O
,	O
the	O
databases	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
data	O
were	O
stored	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
underlying	O
operating	O
system	O
and	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
first	O
quarter	O
1998	O
,	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
had	O
26	O
OneWorld	O
customers	O
and	O
was	O
moving	O
its	O
medium-sized	O
customers	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
flavor	O
of	O
ERP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
web-based	B-Application
client	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
accesses	O
the	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
software	O
through	O
their	O
web	O
browser	O
,	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
web-based	B-Application
client	I-Application
was	O
robust	O
enough	O
for	O
customer	O
use	O
and	O
was	O
given	O
application	O
version	O
number	O
8.10	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OneWorld	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
PeopleSoft	O
's	O
software	O
line	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
PeopleSoft	O
's	O
flagship	O
product	O
Enterprise	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
renamed	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
EnterpriseOne	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
days	O
of	O
the	O
PeopleSoft	O
announcement	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
mounted	O
a	O
hostile	O
takeover	O
bid	O
of	O
PeopleSoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
first	O
attempts	O
to	O
purchase	O
the	O
company	O
were	O
rebuffed	O
by	O
the	O
PeopleSoft	O
board	O
of	O
directors	O
,	O
by	O
December	O
2004	O
the	O
board	O
decided	O
to	O
accept	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
offer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
purchase	O
went	O
through	O
in	O
January	O
2005	O
;	O
Oracle	B-Application
now	O
owned	O
both	O
PeopleSoft	O
and	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
customers	O
,	O
employees	O
,	O
and	O
industry	O
analysts	O
predicted	O
Oracle	B-Application
would	O
kill	O
the	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
saw	O
a	O
position	O
for	O
JDE	O
in	O
the	O
medium-sized	O
company	O
space	O
that	O
was	O
not	O
filled	O
with	O
either	O
its	O
e-Business	O
Suite	O
or	O
its	O
newly	O
acquired	O
PeopleSoft	O
Enterprise	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
products	O
are	O
known	O
as	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
EnterpriseOne	B-Application
and	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
World	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
support	O
would	O
continue	O
until	O
at	O
least	O
2033	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
latest	O
offering	O
of	O
EnterpriseOne	B-Application
was	O
application	O
version	O
9.2	O
,	O
released	O
October	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
World	O
(	O
now	O
with	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
interface	O
)	O
was	O
version	O
A9.4	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
Oracle	B-Application
acquired	O
PeopleSoft	O
and	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
product	O
called	O
Oracle	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
co-exist	O
or	O
replace	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
EnterpriseOne	B-Application
and	O
World	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
E-Business	O
Applications	O
Suite	O
and	O
other	O
products	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
finally	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Fusion	O
apps	O
,	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
EnterpriseOne	B-Application
and	O
World	O
is	O
still	O
sold	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
and	O
runs	O
numerous	O
businesses	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
