Re: SMON eating 90% CPU

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:20:39 -0000
Message-ID: <40571b47$0$6543$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net>

"Ryan Gaffuri" <rgaffuri_at_cox.net> wrote in message news:1efdad5b.0403160455.3942b4b3_at_posting.google.com...
> Hermann Maier <benutzer_at_beispiel.at> wrote in message
news:<cb77cc38e8a27527e43c95f4b7d9d3d8_at_news.teranews.com>...
> > Sybrand Bakker schrieb:
> > > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:28:56 GMT, Hermann Maier <benutzer_at_beispiel.at>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>P.S. I know that we are using a _very_ old version of Oracle but our
> > >>apps are fixed to 8.0
> > >
> > >
> > > Which is just bs as Oracle is downwards compatible.
> >
> > BTW, did you ever try to talk to a software company which tells you,
> > that their software only runs on 8.0, and tell them that there is a bug
> > in the app? The first they ask: Which version of Oracle? If you answer
> > "9i" they'll hang up the phone...

>
>

> I've seen this before. Why do software companies have so much power
> over customers? Can't you cancel the contract and go to another
> vendor?

money,dosh,moolah,cash,readies,green 'uns,wedge,loot

er you get the idea. Of course if you are a large or significant customer then you will probably find that you don't have this 'support' issue.

-- 
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK

Received on Tue Mar 16 2004 - 09:20:39 CST