Re: Is it possible to use Oracle w/o buying there support

From: Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_yahoo.net>
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 14:41:06 GMT
Message-ID: <6S5Rc.66003$T_6.29046@edtnps89>

joe bayer wrote:

> A friend told me that their company use Oracle without buying the access
> to metalink to save money, is this possible?
> I thought we automatically get access to metalink when we buy the licence
> to use oracle.
>
> Thanks for your answer.

Yes. You can run properly licensed Oracle without buying support.

Stupid idea though, since you just can not expect Oracle to support you. It also means no Metalink.

To save money you can buy just 'Maintenance' support and not 'Update' support.

http://www.oracle.com/support/collateral/spsoverview.pdf for a description. Received on Sat Aug 07 2004 - 09:41:06 CDT