Re: Another License Review
- From: Mohammed Bhatti <mohammed.bhatti1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: matthieu.atkinson@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 15:59:36 -0400
As a proud Oracle DBA, it breaks my heart to see people migrate to SQL
Server or PostgreSQL just because of licensing costs
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Just started a new position for a Federal agency a few months back.
Historically, this agency was almost exclusively Oracle. The lead Oracle
DBA got so sick and tired of the increasing licensing costs he got the
agency to agree on dumping Oracle and migrating to SQL Server and
PostgreSQL. It took about a 18 months to migrate but we're finally almost
there with only one app running on Oracle. We're now Linux/PostgreSQL and
Windows/SQL Server.
The only thing for PostgreSQL that we're paying for is support which is so
much cheaper than Oracle's model.
With so many viable alternatives, really looks like Oracle are pricing
themselves out of the market. I'm seeing this at other agencies too. I
wouldn't be surprised to see a mass migration away from Oracle to other
database vendors in the Federal space which has been a stronghold for
Oracle for many years.
I hope Oracle is listening.
--
mohammed
On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Atkinson, Matthieu <
matthieu.atkinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I'm not sure how it is in other countries outside the EU but in France,
Oracle has started a year ago what they call Programatic or Systematic
audits, which basically means you'll be audited every five years max.
We also see most Oracle partners providing consultancy around handling
such audits by mainly migrating prior to running the audit scripts or
moving towards OVM or Proxmox as a means of isolating the Oracle
infrastructure (vmware for everything but Oracle, Hyper-V/Proxmox/OVM for
Oracle).
Companies such as Houseofbrick are not very well known in France, even
major SAM companies are just about starting to be involved in the process.
Anyroads, good luck! As a proud Oracle DBA, it breaks my heart to see
people migrate to SQL Server or PostgreSQL just because of licensing costs
(and no, it's not an open invitation for a heated debate over the issue!)
matt
On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 5:52 PM, Seth Miller <sethmiller.sm@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Contract law is still the same and that is the only thing that matters
when it comes to a licensing. Get http://houseofbrick.com involved. They
are by far the leading experts in this area.
Do not engage Oracle directly!
On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
5 Years on and Oracle want yet another License Review.
Does anyone know a good Licensing Expert for a SME?
Also are we able to refuse access on Data Protection Grounds?
Have the Rules changde that much in 5 years?
--
Howard A. Latham
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