DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: > > Maria - Actually, I would think the best time to contact Oracle sales is > when you don't have money. Good sales people can smell money. ;-) > Some software companies are very liberal about providing their product > for development and training purposes. My impression has been that Oracle is > NOT one of those companies. They are the top database company, so they > realize you will need to interface with Oracle, so they are happy to have > you buy Oracle licenses to develop a product. That is development. With > training, it is worse because you are competing with Oracle, so there is > even less incentive for Oracle to be cooperative. I'm assuming that Oracle > Education provides training courses in your country. > With some activities, you have the opportunity to keep quiet and hope > Oracle doesn't notice what you are up to. But I'm sure you will be > advertising your classes, so Oracle may notice your company and come check > you out. > These are just some random thoughts for you to consider. A better idea > would be for you to contact other training facilities and see what they do > for Oracle licensing. > Even better, many participants on this list have been involved in > providing training and may have insights they will share with you, either on > this forum or privately -- How about it people? > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 40%OCP > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:24 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > A couple of friends and I are thinking of putting up a small training > company here in the Phils. > (When we say small...its really small with almost 0 > capitalization...just sheer guts and technical knowhow) > We have looked at OTN and checked the licensing terms for the use of the > software for training. > We have stumbled on this provision: > You may not: > ·use the programs to provide third party training; > I was wondering if any of you know if there is a different licensing for > training institutions? > How does a non-oracle partner acquire license to use Oracle DB software > for training? > I am looking at partnering with Oracle, but we are just starting and > partnering costs $$. > I dare not call Oracle Philippines just yet...If there is a need to > purchase, and if we have the money, only then will we contact them. > > Thanks. > > =) > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > --
Things which may be considered are : - Providing on-site training. If you target a big enough company, with enough people to train, you can probably get a machine and a fully-licensed test or development database. - Providing MySQL or Postgres training ... -- Regards, Stephane Faroult Oriole Software -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Stephane Faroult INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
