I chose the latter option. Found a product for less than $5. Cant remember what it is at the moment, but it is like $2/year for support. On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Jeremiah Peschka <jeremiah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This question is for the independents on the list, or those who really > enjoy licensing questions. > > In the Microsoft world, we can buy SQL Server Developer Edition for about > $60 US on Amazon and get access to future updates. Support KB articles are > free on the internet. > > With Oracle, updates require a support contract and MOS is only available > to customers with a support contract. > > As an independent consultant, I'd like to get access to both of these > resources. After some careful searching, I've found many different results > varying from "become a partner" to "Go to the Oracle store and buy the > cheapest anything that you can". > > Independent Oracle people (or people who like to learn in their free time) > - how do you get access to MOS and updates to Oracle? > > --- > Jeremiah Peschka - Managing Director, Brent Ozar Unlimited > MCSE: Data Platform, MVP > Cloudera Certified Developer for Apache Hadoop > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'