Re: Oracle's Updates Subscription Service

NO!
RBG
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To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:45 PM

> Does anyone know - will I still have access to Metalink if I will not pay
for the support?
>
> TIA,
> Michael Netrusov,
> www.atelo.com
> (202) 262 8469
> (877) 528 0090
>
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 20:20
>
>
> > Cool, thanks for the info Sarah, I hadn't seen that split. I'll check
it
> > when I get our next bill. I will be glad to be able to only pay for
> > upgrades which I use, and not the support, which I have not used in over
5
> > years.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 5:00 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > 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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