[Info-vax] Oracle and HP end Exadata partnership

[P. Sture]

In article <7hhr42F2u15qvU4 at mid.individual.net>,
 billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:

> In article <CIOXjXr5CMR1 at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
> 	koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> > In article <aLCdnaNkRKoIJy_XnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. 
> > Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
> >> 
> >> And 10,000 businesses are going to buy a new and inferior database 
> >> package at great expense, install it, and use it, just to satisfy EU 
> >> rules??  I think not!
> > 
> >    I think so.  They may keep existing systems, and the EU may actually
> >    let them get support from Oracle for existing systems, but I see no
> >    problem with them complying with an EU law or regulation that 
> >    prevents them from doing new business with Oracle.
> 
> At which point Oracle tells all those existing customers, "Due to
> new requirements from your EU we are cutting the services we offer
> you as a customer."  And then return to my previous post.
> 

That sounds like Microsoft behaviour. cf recent MS threats to ship an EU 
version of Windows 7 without a browser. We have to wait until October to 
see what they actually ship.

-- 
Paul Sture