RE: Oracle License for Training

Lyndon - Lost cause. Everybody is already teaching a lot of Microsoft products. But Oracle benefits because there is a cachet from being the "high-end" product. Cray Computer was good at exploiting that.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Quoting Ora NT DBA <orantdba_at_netscape.net>:
> Hi All,
>
> This conversation didn't start out in dealing with educational
> institutions, it
> started out as a group that wants to use it to make money.
>
> Oracle is making every effort to work with legitimate education
> institutions. The
> Oracle Academic Initiative does exactly what you describe.
> Institutions
> pay a
> small fee (500.00 I think) they are have access to ALL Oracle
> Software
> for use in
> instruction. They also have access to Oracle University Curriculum
> if
> desired.
>
> more information can be found at:
> http://oai.oracle.com
>

Sounds good. It's not that expensive! I wonder if Oracle instructors cost more than MS SQL instructors that's why most schools (where I am)offer MS SQL?

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