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It’s not simple, so don’t claim it is!

Rant Alert. The following is an unreasoned attack on the IT community in order to vent my frustration. I’m not claiming it makes any sense or it’s factually correct. It’s just how I feel today. Maybe I’ll feel different tomorrow…
I can’t help feeling that companies like Oracle are doing the IT world a major disservice [...]

Posted 10 May 2007 † Tim... § Oracle ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , ,

Should Oracle charge for patches?

I can understand Oracle charging for support and product upgrades, like 9i to 10g. I can even see the point of charging for releases upgrades, like 10gR1 to 10gR2. What I think is a little cheeky is to charge people for regular patchsets.
This line of thought came about because of a post on the [...]

Posted 18 May 2006 † Tim... § Oracle ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: ,