Re: Oracle doesn't permit downloading even critical patches without contract? WTF!

Matt Crawford <[email protected]> Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:07:36 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.os.solaris.at-home
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On Oct 1, 2010, at 9:07 AM, der Mouse wrote:

> Do we have any reason to think that Oracle considers Sun anything more
> than something to be squeezed for every immedate-term dollar it will
> yield and then the remaining dessicated husk tossed aside?

My department at work has been a long-time Sun customer, and now we deal with Oracle, including receiving NDA briefings. I'll let suffice a remark that the above is not at all the conclusion I would draw.