RE: Oracle Arm Twisting?

Maintenance cost is much less to the purchase cost, but how can a company force us to renew the support contract? I'm ready to live without the support because I have not implemented a few modules. Does that mean that either we have to pay the support price till the time we decide to start using the modules(and every year thereafter too), or will have to buy it again?

Naveen

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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 8:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Keep in mind, you end up having to pay the purchase price again. So yes, the maint cost goes down, after paying the new inflated setup cost. We looked at the "let it expire" approach carefully...

John P Weatherman
Database Administrator
Replacements Ltd.

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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

• John Weatherman <john.weatherman_at_replacements.com>

> Naveen,
>
> I can't say if it's a global policy or not. However in my last life,
> we initially purchased ALL modules assuming about 2000 users. We ended
> up with only a handful being implemented and closer to 600 users. Oracle
> pulled the same "you can't reduce licensing" stunt with us. Of course
> I'm sure they will be happy to sell you more licenses the second they
> think you have 1 extra user. In general, its probably best to always
> get the absolute minimum number of licenses you think you can get by
> with.
>
> Sorry I can't be more encouraging,

Cancel the contract and renew it with a different number of users. Once the old contract has expired and is no longer in force you are not "changing" the number of users since it is a new contract. It may be that playing hardball is the only way to get their attention.

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