Re: An open letter to Larry Ellison on licensing AWR and ASH

Nice initiative Mark.
However, working in a bank, myself never mind of licencing fee as we have corporate licence.

Jaffar

On 7/2/07, Mark Brinsmead <pythianbrinsmead_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Listers,
>
> With a great deal of help from several colleagues at The Pythian Group,
> I have prepared an open letter to Larry Ellison, suggesting that with the
> upcoming release of Oracle 11 he should change the licensing terms
> surrounding access to the tables and views underlying AWR and ASH.
>
> These license terms have been a recurring subject of discussion on this
> list, so I hope that this open letter will find a large and interested
> audience here.
>
> The purpose of the letter is not to complain, but rather to champion
> AWR and to suggest that its adoption might be both faster and broader with
> just a slight relaxation in the licensing terms. I, for one, would like to
> see everybody using it.
>
> Anyway, for those who are interested, the letter can be found here:
>
> http://www.pythian.com/blogs/526/an-open-letter-to-larry-ellison-on-awr-and-ash-licensing
>
> Please come by, read it over, and if you wish add your voice to the
> petition. The planned release date for Oracle 11 is fast approaching; it is
> our goal to present this letter in time to influence the licensing terms for
> this new release and with enough community support to make a truly
> compelling case.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> -- Mark Brinsmead
> Senior DBA,
> The Pythian Group
> http://www.pythian.com/blogs

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Syed Jaffar Hussain
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