RE: 11i Licencing Hel(l)p

[Mercadante, Thomas F]

Title: Message

Kevin,

 

We just went thru a similar review.  Something that the sales rep said made sense:

 

If you buy the product and do not do any customizations of the 11i database which supports the product, then there is no additional charge. 

 

If, however, you customize the product at all (like add your own tables), then you have to pay for the database in addition to the support amount for the product.

 

Not sure if this helps.  I get the feeling that what gets charged is different everyplace you go.

 

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Toepke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:44 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: 11i Licencing Hel(l)p

Help! We are in the middle of an Oracle licencing audit fight and there is confusion about what (if any) additional licences we need to buy.

 

Currently we have 85 concurrent licences for 11i and the database. The problem is that two of the 11i options require and use partitioning. We (and the company we hire to manage our production database) are under the assumption that when we bought the 11i option we would be licenced for the database options they require.

 

Any insight into the Oracle Licencing nightmare would be appreciated.

 

Kevin

P.S., I know we should be using CPU licences, but that isn't my call.