Re: Oracle out the door

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Bill Ferguson <wbfergus_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I work for a government agency. Our parent Department (which consists
> of about a dozen agencies) negotiated a contract for all the agencies,
> covering EE, Spatial and a few other 'options', with support. For
> anybody wanting to use additional 'features', they can buy those
> licenses at a reduced price with support.
>

I used to work for someone that negotiated a 72% discount on Oracle license.

We didn't think he could do it, but he showed us. :)

It was a fairly large contract, but license costs are, as you have found out, quite negotiable.

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Jared Still
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