Re: Oracle's Updates Subscription Service

Walt,

Last summer we noticed our support bill was split into two pieces--one for support and one for upgrades. You can still buy both. I didn't notice that it was a lot more in total than before, but it does give a cost cutter a chance to say we only need one of those pieces!

Sarah Satterthwaite
Case, Shiller, Weiss, Inc
Cambridge, MA

"Weaver, Walt" wrote:
>
> Say, is it just me or has the cost of the Updates Subscription Service gone
> up considerably in the past six months or so?
>
> We're currently pricing out what it'll cost us to purchase 8.1.7 Standard
> Edition and the numbers we're getting are a heck of a lot higher than they
> were in November.
>
> Has the cost of CD-ROM's gone up that much? Is the economy now in an
> inflationary period? Where's Allen Greenspan when you need him?
>
> Whatever happened to those hazy, golden, halcyon days when upgrades were
> included in product support?
>
> Sometimes, Oracle just sucks. I'm seriously considering getting on track for
> a MySQL certification. :>)
>
> --Walt Weaver
> Bozeman, Montana, USA
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