A possible reason could be is that the licenses used for this server are
part of a larger purchase, in which case , you cannot stop the support
for a part of those licenses.
You would need to stop the support for all of them.
Which is why you need to be careful when you get the question from
Oracle if you would like to group several csi (purchases) into 1.
You would still be able to reduce the number of licenses, but than you
indeed cannot use these anymore.
But other than that, you should be able to stop the support and still be
able to use the software (enter non lawyer disclaimer here) .
When you want to reinstate the support, you will need to pay an
additional fee
more information can be found here :
http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/057419.pdf
Although it is unclear to me if the license set would also be limited to
a support identifier of not.
Kind regards,
Freek
On do, 2016-02-04 at 12:01 -0500, ed lewis wrote:
Thanks for all your comments.
I'm not asking for legal advice, just if this has
happened to anyone.
----- Original Message -----
From: Alfredo Abate
To: Andrew Kerber
Cc: Google User ; ORACLE-L
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: dropping oracle support - can't use software ?
I agree with Andrew on being careful for legal advice on this
forum or any other. The only other thing I will say is that
my BS meter was pegged when I heard this comment.
"I spoke to an Oracle contract person about canceling our
support. This person mentioned that if we do, we will not be
legally able to run any Oracle software on these servers."
Alfredo
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Andrew Kerber
<andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You really need to contact a lawyer on this question.
Any answer you receive here will be non-authoritative.
In addition, there are many Oracle employees on the
list whose answer will be constrained by their
official company line.
To you oracle employees - Im not intending this as an
insult, I'm just pointing out we cannot expect an
answer outside of the official company line from
someone whose livelihood depends on Oracle.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:35 AM, ed lewis
<eglewis71@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
We've been asked to explore the
possibility of dropping Oracle
support for a specific application. The plan
is to retire this application
sometime in the next 18-24 months, but
management is looking some
money now.
The support contracts for this
environment run over $300k.
I spoke to an Oracle contract person about
canceling our support.
This person mentioned that if we do, we
will not be legally able
to run any Oracle software on these servers.
Has anyone come across this ? We've
purchased the license
so why can't we run the software, but drop the
support ?
Your feedback is appreciated.
Ed
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Andrew W. Kerber
'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up
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