Re: Oracle's Updates Subscription Service

Does anyone know - will I still have access to Metalink if I will not pay for the support?

TIA,
Michael Netrusov,
www.atelo.com
(202) 262 8469
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> Cool, thanks for the info Sarah, I hadn't seen that split. I'll check it
> when I get our next bill. I will be glad to be able to only pay for
> upgrades which I use, and not the support, which I have not used in over 5
> years.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> Walt,
>
> Last summer we noticed our support bill was split into two pieces--one for
> support and one for upgrades. You can still buy both. I didn't notice that
> it was a lot more in total than before, but it does give a cost cutter a
> chance to say we only need one of those pieces!
>
> Sarah Satterthwaite
> Case, Shiller, Weiss, Inc
> Cambridge, MA
>
> "Weaver, Walt" wrote:
> >
> > Say, is it just me or has the cost of the Updates Subscription Service
> gone
> > up considerably in the past six months or so?
> >
> > We're currently pricing out what it'll cost us to purchase 8.1.7 Standard
> > Edition and the numbers we're getting are a heck of a lot higher than they
> > were in November.
> >
> > Has the cost of CD-ROM's gone up that much? Is the economy now in an
> > inflationary period? Where's Allen Greenspan when you need him?
> >
> > Whatever happened to those hazy, golden, halcyon days when upgrades were
> > included in product support?
> >
> > Sometimes, Oracle just sucks. I'm seriously considering getting on track
> for
> > a MySQL certification. :>)
> >
> > --Walt Weaver
> > Bozeman, Montana, USA
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