Editing JD Edwards (section)

===OneWorld ERP System launched===
By late 1996, JD Edwards delivered to its customers the result of a major corporate initiative: the software was now ported to platform-independent [[client–server]] systems. It was branded '''JD Edwards OneWorld''', an entirely new product with a [[graphical user interface]] and a [[distributed computing]] model replacing the old server-centric model. The architecture JD Edwards had developed for this newer technology, called [[Configurable Network Computing]] or CNC, transparently shielded business applications from the servers that ran those same applications, the databases in which the data were stored, and the underlying operating system and hardware.
By first quarter 1998, JD Edwards had 26 OneWorld customers and was moving its medium-sized customers to the new client–server flavor of ERP. By second quarter 1998, JDE had 48 customers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.com/685/iufin.htm |title=Taking Stock: JD Edwards Breaks Out |work=InformationWeek |date=June 8, 1998 |access-date=August 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319204043/http://www.informationweek.com/685/iufin.htm |archive-date=March 19, 2012}}</ref> and by 2001, the company had more than 600 customers using OneWorld, a fourfold increase over 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technologyevaluation.com/Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/1999/11/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_11_24_99_1.asp |title=More Than 600 Customers Live on JD Edwards OneWorld. Dot.Com and Brick & Mortar Customers Alike Select JD Edwards to Achieve E-Business Agility |publisher=Technologyevaluation.com |access-date=August 20, 2011}}</ref>

The company became publicly listed on September 24, 1997, with vice-president Doug Massingill being promoted to [[chief executive officer]], at an initial price of $23 per share, trading on [[Nasdaq|NASDAQ]] under the symbol JDEC. By 1998, JD Edwards' revenue was more than $934 million and McVaney decided to retire.