OraFAQ Forum: General » Oracle Support Renewal

Home » Other » General » Oracle Support Renewal

Show: Today's Messages :: Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend

Oracle Support Renewal [message #690285]

Tue, 25 February 2025 05:26

Frank Naude
Messages: 4595
Registered: April 1998

Senior Member

Is anyone utilizing or having an opinion regarding moving database support from Oracle to a third-party company?

For example, as detailed at -
https://redresscompliance.com/spinnaker-support-and-oracle-third-party-support/

Obviously, they do not have access to the code and will not be able to produce patches and security fixes. However, it may make sense for unsupported product versions, especially those that will not be upgraded anytime soon. But then, why not just cancel it altogether?

Report message to a moderator

Re: Oracle Support Renewal [message #690286 is a reply to message #690285]

Tue, 25 February 2025 09:32

John Watson
Messages: 8972
Registered: January 2010
Location: Global Village

Senior Member

Does the name "Rimini Street" ring any bells? Oracle sued them and it seems that, after many years, Oracle has won:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/oracle-wins-585-mln-attorneys-fees-rimini-copyright-case-2024-09-23/
IIRC, what Rimini did that was unquestionably illegal was to download patches on their own CSI and apply them to other customers' installations.
For unsupported versions, I guess the question is really whether it will ever be upgraded. If so, it might be cheaper to keep paying support than to buy new licences. But if not, what's the point?
Add on the fact that OCI is taking over the universe, so are you really likely to be doing on-prem upgrades much longer? The OCI pricing is so aggressive it's hard to argue against it.
ATB, J.

Report message to a moderator

Re: Oracle Support Renewal [message #690287 is a reply to message #690286]

Wed, 26 February 2025 03:11

cookiemonster
Messages: 13966
Registered: September 2008
Location: Rainy Manchester

Senior Member

Don't you hate it when a company re-uses the same acronym?
I was wondering how the oracle call interface could be the future Smile

Report message to a moderator

Re: Oracle Support Renewal [message #690288 is a reply to message #690287]

Wed, 26 February 2025 11:50

Frank Naude
Messages: 4595
Registered: April 1998

Senior Member

Thanks, I completely forgot about the Rimini Street saga. I hope the mentioned company (and others that may provide a similar service) will act a bit more ethically. That said, they may be selling a service on the cheap to bean counters that they cannot genuinely deliver.

Report message to a moderator

Previous Topic:	What has been done to MOS?
Next Topic:	MOS and MFA

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

]

Current Time: Sat Mar 15 22:38:39 CDT 2025