Oracle announces support for Red Hat customers. NetCustomer ran a WSJ ad this week timed alongside Oracle OpenWorld announcing "75% off your Oracle support costs". If I had gone to the events, folks from TomorrowNow and Rinimi, which also offer third party support for Oracle customers, wanted to brief me.
It's all good. I have long maintained - just because you buy a Porsche does not mean you go to the dealer for every oil change. Now if ISVs would adopt the BMW model and include service in the cost of the car...and price it like a Hyundai, we would all be chanting with Barney...
