Have you ever met an Oracle customer who happily pays the company’s fees for software support? Neither have we. But too few really understand how beneficial—and painless—breaking up with Oracle Database support can be.
Databases require a great deal of care and feeding and if not properly maintained, small problems can eventually grow into major issues. It can be challenging to keep up with needed, ongoing maintenance, even more so if your organization is reluctant to pay extra for Oracle Extended Support or has entered the Twilight Zone of Sustaining Support with no guarantee of new updates, new fixes, new critical patch updates, or tax, legal, and regulatory updates.
