RE: HP Stimulus Package

If Oracle previously had restrictions on its usage,
and if the HP ad is now saying something different,
does HP have the intellectual property ownership of Oracle, to grant new
access permissions?

i.e. make a copy of the ad, stick it with company legal documents, use it to
justify doing anything you please with Oracle that previously was prohibited?

On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:45:01 -0500, Crump, Mike wrote

No argument there. I'm sure someone will come up with a
configuration that will show it not to be but generally it is the
most expensive DB to have - but thank goodness HP is letting us know
it isn't proprietary.....and thankfully their add is accurate.....

Oh wait...I think I just said something inaccurate. :-)

Michael Crump

Manager, Computing Services
Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc.
1509 S. Macedonia Ave.
Muncie, IN 47302

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Motivation
If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate
you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be
doing soon.

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I had been led to believe that Oracle was damned expensive, more so than
any
competitor system.

What is the cost for WAS/Express?

Complex? Well, you have a possible argument on that one.

Over time, your company's critical data and business process have

become >locked into the proprietary, low-level structures of the

DB2/400

database.

Proprietary? You can get into a *&^%$# contest on this subject
matter but I'd argue that Oracle is the most proprietary DB alive.

Michael Crump

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