Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL
by luriel on Sunday September 02, 2012 @12:12PM
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No, it is easy: avoid anything touched by Oracle like the plague.
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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL
by mbreese on Sunday September 02, 2012 @12:16PM
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Unfortunately, that includes hardware too... A friend had 3 out of 13 Oracle servers die with random memory errors (persistent). Of course, if they had a 10K+ service contract they'd be happy to help.
Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL
by lttlrck on Sunday September 02, 2012 @01:42PM
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How much did it cost to replace those 3 servers? >10K I bet...
Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL
by derpmeister on Sunday September 02, 2012 @02:45PM
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This reeks of extortion. Let's sell the rejects to the customers without a support contract. That'll teach 'em.
Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL
by quesera on Sunday September 02, 2012 @04:56PM
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In the enterprise hardware world, I don't know any vendor who will offer an answer other than "call your sales rep" to a customer who didn't buy a service contract.
Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL
by mbreese on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @05:36AM
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It was a charity donation (by Oracle) of hardware and services, and the service contract wasn't part of the donation. The initial donation was laudable, but the hardware was weak. Needless to say, the 3 dead servers were not replaced.