Malcolm Dunnett wrote:
> In article <1156309756.359226_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com>,
> DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> writes:
>> I would argue that Standard Edition is not mission critical for
>> you as you can always substitute Enterprise Edition. What may
>> matter is the cost of the license. And here is where you need
>> to invite back that lovely sales rep and ask them how hard they
>> can work, between now and license renewal time, to get that EE
>> license to match the cost of the SE license.
>
> I'm investigating that angle. Perhaps something can
> be worked out but there'd still be the ongoing software support
> costs to be considered, ie what will the cost delta be over
> the next 5 or 10 years?
>
> The other option is to get a linux box and move the SE licenses
> to it. Of course neither of these solutions is as good as convincing
> Oracle to keep offering SE on VMS.
>
Your problem is that you consider yourself locked into using Oracle.
They know that you can run on Linux, probably cheaper than running on
VMS, and that this will continue to appeal to you and they'll keep you
as a customer. They don't give a damn about your desire to continue to
run VMS. You need a non-Oracle option to possibly get their attention.
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Received on Wed Aug 23 2006 - 08:43:33 CDT
