On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 09:42:02AM -0700, Brad Lackey wrote: > On Aug 19, 2010, at 9:34 AM, William Yang wrote: > > >> -There is a Systems support requirement on the hardware. This entitles > > you > >> to firmware updates. Even though the firmware is delivered by the SRSS, > >> this support is required. > > > > :O > > > > That can't have been the case in the past...if it was, then enforcement of > > it now is only going to further weaken the non-large-enterprise community > > of users. > > This is now the case with purchases from Oracle.
If the cost for that is anything like we were quoted for hardware support a couple of years ago (I forget the details, but it was in excess of 25% the cost of the DTU per annum) then I just lost the case against putting a PC on every desk instead. Ceri -- Haffely, Gaffely, Gaffely, Gonward. _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
