Rachel,
You can always do as a local firm around here does, namely byt a server
license, enjoy the year of support. And then some years later when you decide
to upgrade to the next version, buy that license, in the new version, all over
again. Seems rather foolish and costly, but then they have money to burn.
Dick Goulet
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Author: "Rachel Carmichael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 7/19/2001 12:21 PM
Eric,
Where you been???? Welcome back.
>
>Be aware that if you do not pay for continuing support, and then you
>later (years later) decide you need a suport contract again *for the
>platform you started on*, Oracle has been known to retroactively
>charge (at a percentage at least 50%?) for the years of "missed"
>support. nasty surprise.
>
try 100%... you have to pay for the support as if you had had it. If you
work for a big enough company, it's possible to negotiate a settlement and
pay less (I did it, but it took me 6 months to work it out).
Oh, and if you don't have support, you can always "just" pay for an Oracle
Consultant to come in and help you -- at a VERY high rate.
Rachel
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