That's what has mgmt. so upset. You can't selectively drop CPU licenses. It's all or none. On 4/30/08, Job Miller <jobmiller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > selectively dropping support will be a learning experience for you in > regards to the nature of those contracts. it may be an all or nothing kind > of thing. > > From: > > http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=6361 > <quote> > Bradley identifies Oracle's practice of charging 150 percent of support > fees if a support contract lapses for any reason, even as a result of > unresolved contract negotiations; refusal to terminate support on a subset > of licenses without also canceling those licenses; and re-pricing of > remaining licenses – in accordance with current list prices – for customers > who do decide to terminate licenses. > </quote> > > maybe that's why they are just going to drop it all. > > > > *John Thompson <jhthomp@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote: > > Company I work for just announced that we're going to convert all but 2 of > our 89 Oracle databases to either SQL Server, MYSQL, or PostgreSQL. This > is due to the high licensing cost. I'm bummed. > > > ------------------------------ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ> > >