RE: Using DD to Read Data from Oracle Datafiles

Consider in the case for ORACLE, not paying license fees for Oracle is not a DBA/IT thing. I submit also that this is much more money.

If the business wishes to do otherwise, The DBA/IT should wait to find a new job.. as they may not be able to up and quit. Turning them offender in might be considered ethical, and lead to a new job too... quickly.

But not paying for licenses, I do not believe can be an 'IT' call -- depending on if you consider someone like the CIO 'IT'. Point being much more money.

Joel Patterson
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Closson Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 11:04 AM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: RE: Using DD to Read Data from Oracle Datafiles

And in every IT department I have ever worked in theft has been rampant, obviously IT people tend not to call not paying license fees for software, or accounting correctly for numbers of copies of software installed,

...great point Niall! And I'll tell you who gets ripped off as collateral damage: good paying customers. The fact that Oracle permits downloads of their database to run on freely downloadable OS platforms astounds me. If only there was a way to discern how many production Oracle deployments are running on Linux unlicensed throughout.

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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Fri Feb 09 2007 - 10:21:10 CST