Thanks for all the help.
KInd regards, Ana
Sybrand Bakker wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:48:16 -0700, Mark Townsend
> <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >>
> >> Someone named Mark ( dunno last name ) who apparently was an oracle
> >> employee was going to try to get these types of messy implications
> >> straightened out.
> >>
> >> What role was that guy in and has he made any progress in this area to
> >> date?
> >>
> >
> >That would be me. The contribution was the Oracle Database Licensing
> >Information - see
> >http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/to_toc?pathname=license.102%2Fb14199%2Ftoc.htm
> >
> >It should pretty much answer any questions you have. You may not always
> >like the answers however.
>
> Definitely true. Actually, the answers Oracle provides are going them
> to loose customers. We can not afford to buy management packs on
> behalf of every individual customer, nor can we afford to reopen
> contract negotations to have customers pay for those management packs.
> Thanks to Oracle's 'compliancy' actions we now have one customer
> considering dumping Oracle completely. Consequently, we might loose
> that customer. There might be more in the near future, if Oracle
> continues with compliancy actions.
> I have always been amazed about Oracle not having any restriction or
> key mechanism on their products. I know of a CAD software firm which
> allowed you to install anything. You could install it, however without
> a correct license key, it just wouldn't work.
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Thu Oct 05 2006 - 04:54:40 CDT
