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    Oracle Support Contract Question

    Oracle wants a chunk of change for support and 'software upgrades'.
    I just want the support but was told you cant buy just support even though we own the database license. I was told you have to buy software updates and then you can buy support.
    software updates = 24,000
    support = 10,000

    We can sit on Oracle 9.2 for a long time - just need support.

    Does this sound correct? We are running out of time. They also said if I dont buy either then want to upgrade to Oracle 10 someday we will have to pay a 're-instatement' fee.

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    Re: Oracle Support Contract Question

    Originally posted by BJE_DBA
    Does this sound correct? We are running out of time. They also said if I dont buy either then want to upgrade to Oracle 10 someday we will have to pay a 're-instatement' fee.
    That's the way it works. I was in dispute with Oracle about one of my support contracts (other than the outrageous cost). After about 3 months after the support contract lapsed we finally got everything straighted out and they hit me with the re-instatement fee.

    If you ever want to upgrade or apply another patch, keep with the software updates.
    Jeff Hunter

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    In my experience, support generally means "apply the following patches", so it's meaningless without the upgrades anyway
    David Aldridge,
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    Good advice - Thank you.

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