Paul wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> A friend of mine is trying to get a job as a Linux Sysadmin in a
> certain company. This company produces document management software.
>
> They have their own "database" maintained by a "consultant" who seems
> to have the company bent over a barrel with their trousers around
> their ankles (and a tub of vaseline provided by the company).
>
> This "db" that he has written in C/C++ over 18 years is not
> documented, and basically my friend's job will be to try and get rid
> of their dependency on this db and ultimately on Mr Vaseline.
>
> Apparently this db is *_his_* intellectual property and he made
> threatening noises about calling his lawyer if the system was looked
> at again by anyone but him (my friend took one look at the code and
> said "No way am I trudging through this mess...".
>
> I know more about db's than he does (he's a sharp fellow nonetheless)
> and he was asking me about the ins and outs of db's &c.
>
> I gave him a few options (different db's from Open Source ones to
> Oracle), his first question was "Which would be best for my c.v." to
> which I replied "Oracle". He wants to know about licencing costs, so
> what I would like to know is: What sort of discount can one expect on
> Oracle as a VAR?
>
>
> Paul...
>
>
>
> p.s. I also suggested that he could send the code to India or
> somewhere and pay someone to decipher it - any recommendations for
> this (offline please)?
>
Dunno... but your friend could download and test as much as he likes
for free - don't do production is all that matters.
Go to otn.oracle.com/download, and go ahead - read the license
carefully, and you'll see what I mean.
Does that answer the other question? :)
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Tue May 31 2005 - 14:15:24 CDT
