From kimberly.smith@gmd.fujitsu.com Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:06:53 -0700 From: Kimberly Smith Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:06:53 -0700 Subject: RE: RE: OT: Oracle pricing Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain We have it pretty sweet here. They kind of screwed us over a couple of years ago (before I got here) and EDS and Fujitsu kind of took them to the wall and we now have a 3 year site license. I can put it on any Sun, HP, or NT machine I want. Of course, the users are making sure that I get one on every server we have. I have never created so many databases in a job before. Thankfully the high tech manufacturing industry is hurting and they are not spending more money so they are running out of servers. I will have to stop soon;-) -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 2:22 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Tom, Wish it was a joke, but this is the second year that they've brought it up. Last time we silenced them by buying a new server license. Personally I believe they're using that tactic on customers who go several years (two or more) without adding to their licenses. Dick Goulet ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: "Mercadante; Thomas F" Date: 7/26/2001 11:41 AM Dick, "they suggested that they might be coming around to perform an audit!" Are you serious? They actually said they wanted to do this? Sounds like they've been watching the Soprano's! If this isn't extortion, I don't know what is! I hope you kicked their rooty-tooty asses out of your office and told them not to come back! Next thing you know, you'll get a wrapped package delivered containing burnt-out disk-drives. "Old Oracle Message - your support person had a head crash" Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 2:02 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Lisa, I've not experienced that particular behavior from the Oracle sales droids. But, we did have ours in yesterday (new droids wanting to put faces to names) and since Oracle's revenues are down they suggested that they might be coming around to perform an audit! Now that I think is a heavy handed way of pumping up the revenue stream. Guess I'd better learn DB2!! Dick Goulet ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: "Koivu; Lisa" Date: 7/26/2001 7:47 AM Has anyone experienced Oracle sales people gouging each other? Seems like they are getting pretty cut throat. I got one quote for $400,000, and a second quote for less than 25% of that, from two different people. WOW. They are beginning to sound like the company I work for - different story from different people. > Lisa Koivu > Oracle Database Administrator > 954-935-4117 > > The information in the electronic mail message is Cendant confidential and > may be legally privileged, it is intended solely for the addressee(s) > access to this internet electronic mail message by anyone else is > unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, > copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in > reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. > > The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any > virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message > and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By > reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts > full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about > viruses and other defects. Cendant Corporation or Affiliates are not > liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its > attachments. > > Oracle pricing

Has anyone experienced Oracle sales people gouging each other?  Seems like they are getting pretty cut throat.  I got one quote for $400,000, and a second quote for less than 25% of that, from two different people.  WOW.    They are beginning to sound like the company I work for - different story from different people.

Lisa Koivu
Oracle Database Administrator
954-935-4117

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