Re: Oracle headed for Legal Trouble

I'm a having a hard time understanding the flow of logic in your article. Having extra products shipped to you on a CD have nothing to do with you buying or using any product you choose to.

I have been a DBA for a while and had to support at one time or another databases with Applications installed on them. During an install or upgrade you will be asked about the modules you wish to install/upgrade. In this case Oracle is using the HONOR system by trusting you in installing what you are licensed for ONLY.

During the course of installation the autoinstaller may install modules that are needed for the proper use of the modules you are installing. This is usually referred to as SHARED INSTALL.

No matter whate the case is, nobody is preventing you from developing your own reports or bying Joe Shmo's products.

kbradley_at_us.oracle.com (Kirk Bradley) wrote:

>I work for Oracle and am not in the financials apps group but
>are you sure it isn't just a packaging issue? That we don't just
>ship you ALL the stuff we build and just charge you for the GL?
>Our apps are fairly complex and powerful and it may have been
>that it was easier for everyone concerned to make sure that all
>the pieces are 'online'. If you find otherwise please repost
>and please call your sales rep to get more information.

>In article <4b9cij$p7e_at_taxis.corp.titan.com>, Richard Mendoza
><rmendoza_at_titan.com> wrote:
 

>> For almost all of the past week I've been going rounds with
>> Oracle on a subject that might interest some of you. Oracle as
>> a corporation has taken the position that if you purchase and
>> install a single financial system (GL) you must also install the
>> databases and stored procedures for all of there other systems.
>> I am told by many in Oracle support that, and here's a quote from
>> at least 4 people in support) 'That's the way it is and there's
>> nothing you can do about it' (Now there's some good customer
>> relations).
>> So in effect what there telling you is Oracle is so big now they
>> can prevent you from installing third party software and there's
>> nothing you can do about it.
>> If Oracle persists on this hardline stance I think the US Attorney
>> Generals office should be asked to investigate Oracle. These large
>> software companies cannot be allowed to tell you what you can or
>> cannot put on your computer systems.
>>
>> Richard Mendoza (rmendoza_at_titan.com)
>> My Views are my own and DO NOT reflect those of Titan Corp.
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