Re: Oracle Licensing Question

HansF wrote:
> Oracle price policies are listed in various documents at
> http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/index.html, but as a quick summary
>
> 0) Perpetual licenses are yours to use forever, even without support;
>

(No offence towards Hans, offence towards Oracle, but) This is a lie. Oracle has things called "license groups," and if you try to keep licenses unsupported, they won't renew your support. You have to give up the perpetual licenses, or else spend even more money suing them. Very similar to
http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2005/4/18/85952/2860

jg

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