Re: Oracle license requirements for unused options

  • From: Iquatealerts <iquatealerts@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "toon.koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx" <toon.koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 16:02:13 +0100

Hi All
My job, all day everyday is to help customers with this very question.
A) do not rely on any v$views, they are not near 100% (I've even seen usage 
stats declare unused when used but normally its the other way around) you will 
over declare an over spend on Oracle
B) do not pay for installed - a standard implementation of RDBMS EE will instal 
options (at least look like they are installed) There are a million other 
reasons which is too many for this email
C) Oracle sales guy telling to pay for installed - really, imagine that. Ask 
yourself two questions 1) how is he compensated? 2) why is Oracle's own License 
Management Business ("LMS") part of Finance and not Sales?
D) even if LMS are more trusted than sales, would any large company ask the tax 
man to decide how much tax is owed without using an Accountancy/Auditor?

www.iquate.com - first 3rd party Oracle License management/audit solution 
globally to be approved by Oracle LMS
Includes a feature for Options Installed, Options Used, AND Options Used SUCH 
THAT YOU NEED TO LICENSE THEM

don't get me started on cores or virtualisation :)


On 17 May 2011, at 15:23, Toon Koppelaars <toon.koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> They made us re-install a complete OBI suite environment, doing fewer options.
> They made us re-install an EE RDBMS back into an SE RDBMS.
> 
> My feeling is that this also depends on whom you are dealing with within 
> Oracle.
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Rich Jesse 
> <rjoralist2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Toon writes:
> 
> > Recent audits from the Oracle software police in my part of the world made
> > me conclude:
> >
> > If you've installed it, you've gotta pay for it.
> 
> Even if DETECTED_USAGES from the DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS view is 0????!??
> 
> Rich
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