In time for the elections, comes this stream of Oraclespeak - promises and spin.
Executive Vice President Juergen Rottler tells financial analysts that Oracle put through an inflationary increase recently on its maintenance pricing.
How likely is that to stick as customers become aware of third party maintenance choices - or at least use those benchmarks to negotiate Oracle down?
In the mean time, Larry Ellison offers discounted support to Red Hat customers. "And our support costs way less than half of what Red Hat charges,"
Larry is hoping Red Hat customers do not realize what Oracle charges customers when they do become its customers.
Here's Garfield's reaction.
They say Washington, DC is 60 square miles of real estate surrounded by reality. Redwood Shores is slightly smaller.
