[Info-vax] Oracle and HP end Exadata partnership

[Richard B. Gilbert]

P. Sture wrote:
> 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.
> 

That's a threat?  I think Mozilla Firefox is a better browser.