DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
>
> Maria - Actually, I would think the best time to contact Oracle sales is
> when you don't have money. Good sales people can smell money. ;-)
> Some software companies are very liberal about providing their product
> for development and training purposes. My impression has been that Oracle is
> NOT one of those companies. They are the top database company, so they
> realize you will need to interface with Oracle, so they are happy to have
> you buy Oracle licenses to develop a product. That is development. With
> training, it is worse because you are competing with Oracle, so there is
> even less incentive for Oracle to be cooperative. I'm assuming that Oracle
> Education provides training courses in your country.
> With some activities, you have the opportunity to keep quiet and hope
> Oracle doesn't notice what you are up to. But I'm sure you will be
> advertising your classes, so Oracle may notice your company and come check
> you out.
> These are just some random thoughts for you to consider. A better idea
> would be for you to contact other training facilities and see what they do
> for Oracle licensing.
> Even better, many participants on this list have been involved in
> providing training and may have insights they will share with you, either on
> this forum or privately -- How about it people?
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 40%OCP
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:24 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
> A couple of friends and I are thinking of putting up a small training
> company here in the Phils.
> (When we say small...its really small with almost 0
> capitalization...just sheer guts and technical knowhow)
> We have looked at OTN and checked the licensing terms for the use of the
> software for training.
> We have stumbled on this provision:
> You may not:
> ·use the programs to provide third party training;
> I was wondering if any of you know if there is a different licensing for
> training institutions?
> How does a non-oracle partner acquire license to use Oracle DB software
> for training?
> I am looking at partnering with Oracle, but we are just starting and
> partnering costs $$.
> I dare not call Oracle Philippines just yet...If there is a need to
> purchase, and if we have the money, only then will we contact them.
>
> Thanks.
>
> =)
>
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Things which may be considered are :
- Providing on-site training. If you target a big enough company,
with enough people to train, you can probably get a machine and a
fully-licensed test or development database.
- Providing MySQL or Postgres training ...
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Regards,
Stephane Faroult
Oriole Software
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