Re: Is it possible to use Oracle w/o buying there support

joe bayer wrote:

> A friend told me that their company use Oracle without buying the access to
> metalink to save money, is this possible?
> I thought we automatically get access to metalink when we buy the licence to
> use oracle.
>
> Thanks for your answer.

Can't say for sure ... but the amount of money saved isn't worth the effort. Metalink access can be purchased for well under $1000 US. What is the cost per hour spent trying to debug problems?

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