Re: Virtualization

On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 11:52:12 AM UTC-8, Drazen Kacar wrote:
> Mladen Gogala wrote:
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> > On Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:39:27 +0000, Drazen Kacar wrote:
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> > >> Because on that instance you cannot legally apply patches. As soon as
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> > >> you start patching the instance, you have to pay for support.
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> > >
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> > > Unless you have a contract with Oracle which says you can patch it for
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> > > free. Or almost free.
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> >
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> > Or if Larry Ellison is your brother in law. Contracts like that are not
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> > something I've seen in my meager 25 years of a DBA career. But yes, you
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> > are perfectly correct: if Oracle allows you to patch for free, without
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> > paying for support, you can do it.
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> Oh, come on. If you are a developer company, or an integrator company or
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> any other kind of company which is actually selling software or services
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> that require Oracle's database to run, then you're eligible for entry in
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> Oracle's developer program. I'm not sure how's it called these days.
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> They charge for it a bit, somewhere around 1000-2000 EUR per year (but
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> don't quote me on that, I have never been in charge of finances). That
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> buys you the right for all the patches for all editions and add-ons on an
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> unlimited number of development instances. It doesn't buy you the right to
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> log support requests. But patches and knowledge base articles from
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> Metalink are included.
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Sounds like you are talking about the Partners program http://www.oracle.com/partners/campaign/specialized-benefits-036151.htm http://www.oracle.com/partners/campaign/specialized-requirements-1915749.html

jg

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