> This honesty enables me to make purchase decisions as well.
Fair point. And a hint to everyone still hanging on to oracle Databases.
One of the best lines is this here:
> Q. What does Oracle do if there is an actual security vulnerability?
> (...) if there is an actual security vulnerability, we will fix it.
Sure, the question is 'when', not so much 'if' customers have payed a hell of a lot money to get this straight.
You cannot swear you will never be an Oracle customer. You buy a service from a third party, the company get bought by Oracle, you are a customer now. In many instances in B2B systems, it is a lot more pain to migrate away than sending a check...
Not sure jumping on such a minor point is a productive use of our time, but just for the sake of clarification: sure I can, personally. You have no basis for disputing my intention. I have never in my life made a decision to purchase a service that could only ever be provided by a single company, and with good reason I believe. Over my contracting years, I have also gained enough insight into the dynamics customers have with providers such as Oracle, enough to avoid this kind of lock-in at all costs in my own decisions.
If I was an Oracle customer (which I will never, ever be) I would appreciate the honesty. This honesty enables me to make purchase decisions as well, better than megabytes of legalese would have. In this case it's not a really surprising attitude given the company, but I really wish more vendors would be as open about the nature of their intended relationship with their customers.