RE: Oracle pricing

Yes I
have. On the last set of quotes I got from Orance the price ranged from $175,000 to $70,000 for the same set of products. It just depended on who I spoke with. I also think timing has something to do with it. Salesmen meeting quotas and the company reporting profit/loss.<SPAN class=060143517-26072001>
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[mailto:lisa.koivu_at_efairfield.com]Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:47 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Oracle pricing

  Has anyone experienced Oracle sales people   gouging each other?  Seems like they are getting pretty cut throat.    I got one quote for $400,000, and a second quote for less than 25% of that,   from two different people.  WOW.    They are beginning to   sound like the company I work for - different story from different   people.
  Lisa Koivu <FONT
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