In Switzerland, Germany, Spain etc experienced support people were
layed off and support is going to Rumania.
I don't believe that a company is able to replace years of experience
adequately.
That is serious, because customers are paying for support.
Less service for the same money offers a point of attack for competition.
On 11.03.2016 18:57, Andrew Kerber wrote:
I wouldn’t say desperate. I have had a lot of feedback recently with my customers about oracle auditing policies, and pricing. They (Oracle) seem to be creating a more and more adversarial relationship with their customers.
Microsoft may simply see an opportunity to strike while the iron is hot. I think this is going to be interesting to watch, I am going to get some popcorn. And probably learn something about sql server too.
*From:*oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *angelo
*Sent:* Friday, March 11, 2016 11:54 AM
*To:* ORACLE-L
*Subject:* Re: Free SQL Server licenses for Oracle customers
Desperate Microsoft.. ahaha :-)
On 11 March 2016 at 14:39, Iggy Fernandez <iggy_fernandez@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:iggy_fernandez@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
http://www.businessfinancenews.com/28170-microsoft-corporation-to-take-on-oracle-corporation-via-sql/
"For every instance of Oracle you have, we’ll give you a free SQL Server license. ..."
There's no free lunch so there must be some fine print. What features are included? Is it free in perpetuity?
