Good grief, thats a blast from the past, I remember that !!!!
> Lee Robertson
> Acxiom
> Tel: 0191 525 7344
> Fax: 0191 525 7007
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 06 March 2001 17:46
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Ingres used to do that for expiration date... you had to enter an
authorization string when you installed the database. It would check and
refuse to come up if the software expired.
Except they
a) never warned you you were close to expiration
b) usually shut you down around 10AM EST so people who had logged in earlier
could work
c) were a pita about sending a new string
you had to shut down production in order to apply the new string.
NOT happy making for the DBA (me)
Rachel
>From: Dennis Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Oracle Licensing
>Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 07:40:43 -0800
>
>At 03:35 AM 3/6/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >my .02 is the whole power unit thing is a good concept but the $$ per
> >unit is way outta whack. the only reason i say that is its been hard
> >for oracle to denote when people were using more than the licenses they
> >bought were being used. I had always setup the databases with the
> >v$license parms setup in the database. But sometimes damagement
> >"required" me to "uplift" the limits. We'll leave it at that.
> >
>
>I've always been very surprised that Oracle didn't put some kind of
>licensing enforcement in their software. They're the perfect situation for
>it -- High ticket, relatively low volume. They could afford to "brand" the
>software before sending it to the customer. I bet they'd more than make up
>enough revenue to be able to drop their prices to something non-lunatic.
>
>
>Dennis Taylor
>--------------------------------
>In any human endeavor, once you have exhausted all
>possibilities and have failed, there will be one solution,
>simple and obvious, highly visible to everyone else.
>
>--
>Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
>--
>Author: Dennis Taylor
> INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
>San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
>to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
>the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
>(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
>also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
--
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
--
Author: Rachel Carmichael
INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
The information contained in this communication is
confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient
named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader
of this message is not the intended recipient, you are
hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or
copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.
If you have received this communication in error, please
re-send this communication to the sender and delete the
original message or any copy of it from your computer
system.
--
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
--
Author: lerobe - Lee Robertson
INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
