Doing business with Oracle is a very risky thing. Their hard selling tactics are despicable, bordering on blackmail. Oracle software licenses are so opaque tha

Doing business with Oracle is a very risky thing. Their hard selling tactics are despicable, bordering on blackmail. Oracle software licenses are so opaque that there's almost no way to be compliant and that's by design. So in essence: Either you pay more for your existing installation or buy some additional shit, which you don't need, or else. The or else is the threat of a software audit, which is almost guaranteed to find you non-compliant and gives you 30 days to either pay up or get rid of every Oracle software component. Best of luck with that. There are umpteen stories about this behavior on the web. For example this: [1]. Oracle's business model is not really technology, but a licensing racket for enterprise customers. Sort of Nice company you have here, would be a shame if something happens to it [1] https://www.netnetweb.com/content/blog/oracle-audits-will-get-worse-in2018 https://www.netnetweb.com/content/blog/oracle-audits-will-ge... edit : rephrased a sentence