Chris, Our company as well as many others do host databases for our customers and yes we have SLA's which specify financial costs associated with not meeting them. Oracle is not doing anything new in this sense.
Thanks, Ethan Post perotdba (AIM), epost1 (Yahoo) -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:49 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hmmm...if Oracle hosts my database, and something "bad" happens, and it goes down for the day. Is Oracle going to pay me for the downtime? I think not. Is Oracle going to reimburse me for all the sales I lost? I think not. I'm sure some Oracle rep will make me all kinds of promises that they will fix their process so it will never happen again. Not. If the data is in house then "someone" can be held accountable. Procedures can be updated. As for your money example, if I didn't need a checking account (for checks), a credit card, a mortage, a car loan, then I wouldn't need a bank, and all my money would be stuffed under my...so if banks all of sudden appeared, then yes, I would put my money into a bank, because I need all those services that the bank provides. Besides, technology is already kicking in that some stores (in Seattle) are accepting your fingerprint as your form of payment. You setup an account with the store and tie your fingerprint to a credit card. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Post, Ethan 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).
