Re: oracle consulting sales calls when you open a support ticket?
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:42:55 -0700
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I too received such a call a couple weeks ago.
They were quite up front in this case, mentioning that they had noticed I downloaded something-or-other, and making an inquiry into whether we needed any help.
Can't blame them really, everyone is trying to make a living.
Or Euro, Kroner, or whatever.
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
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On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions_at_gmail.com>wrote:
> anyone else getting these? It must be the bad economy. I got a call from
> someone at oracle. I asked him what ticket the call was about and he gave me
> a ticket that has been closed for a month. I took a good 5 minutes before he
> basically admitted that this was a sales call from oracle consulting.
>
> At the rates that Oracle charges for consulting, I can't see this really
> working much.
>
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