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> Personally I won't buy an IBM product because I know it's just like Oracle: software entrapment. Nobody buys IBM or Oracle products, they become 'partners' a
by ihsw 13y ago
> Personally I won't buy an IBM product because I know it's just like Oracle: software entrapment.
Nobody buys IBM or Oracle products, they become 'partners' and negotiate license agreements. The entrapment is different in that your software (and hardware!) decisions now involve lawyers.
- Kallikrates 13y agoMany of the extremely large east coast customers have directives to move away from licenses as fast as they can. The recent news of IBM's protest against Amazon is very related to this acquisition. http://washingtontechnology.com/Articles/2013/05/31/amazon-protest.aspx?Page=1 http://washingtontechnology.com/Articles/2013/05/31/amazon-p...
- pnathan 13y ago> Nobody buys IBM or Oracle products, they become 'partners' and negotiate license agreements. A former employer bought IBM licenses without partnership. Boy, IBM software is lousy. :-/