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the line between what Oracle considers open and closed get fuzzier all the time. makes being a developer a pain in the ass.

• luriel 14y ago
  No, it is easy: avoid anything touched by Oracle like the plague.
  • mbreese 14y ago
    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.
    • lttlrck 14y ago
      How much did it cost to replace those 3 servers? >10K I bet...
      • derpmeister 14y ago
        This reeks of extortion. Let's sell the rejects to the customers without a support contract. That'll teach 'em.
    • quesera 14y ago
      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.
      • mbreese 14y ago
        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.