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- Why would I decrease my profits to use Oracle???
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With free software I get to put 100% of what I charge for a project in my own pocket. Why would I go to the trouble to learn how to use a product that is going to put a "profit tax" (licensing fees) on my work. How stupid does Ellison think developers are?
When free variations of UNIX became stable/funtional enough to replace their commercial brothers developers like myself could sell our UNIX software/services to customers that would not pay the high price of a UNIX license on top of what we wanted for our products.
Signing up for Oracle's program would be like abandoning Linux/BSD to sell my products running on SCO OpenServer/Unixware. - Posted by: AldoWatts Posted on: 10/31/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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