> but if I use Oracle I can get support and in extreme case sue for damages. That's not true. Most proprietary software licenses have the "not suitable for pur

> but if I use Oracle I can get support and in extreme case sue for damages. That's not true. Most proprietary software licenses have the "not suitable for purpose" warranty clause that basically means that you can't sue them if their database crashes on you. Oh, and you can get support for free software from many different companies (SUSE and RedHat being two).