by Dave Welch | Dec 16, 2021 | Cloud, Dave Welch, Licensing, OpsCompass, Oracle, Oracle Licensing, VMware
Mars v. Oracle was dismissed at Mars’ initiative six years ago today. In those very long 72 months, Oracle has taken no legal action against any Oracle on VMware customer to affirm its licensing assertion. Oracle often claims that its customers are obligated under... 
by Dave Welch | Dec 14, 2021 | AWS, Azure, Cloud, Dave Welch, Licensing, OpsCompass, Oracle, Oracle Licensing
In mid-October, Oracle published a competitive piece titled “Why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure over Amazon Web Services.” You could say it crosses over into being a hit piece. The piece’s credibility is not helped by statements like this: “AWS has no similar... 
by Dave Welch | Sep 24, 2021 | General, Licensing, Oracle, Oracle Licensing
As this blog post was in pre-publication review, the book’s 2020 Kindle version was removed from Amazon purchase availability and replaced with a July 9, 2021 paperback version. The defects and dangerous inaccurate claims that permeate the 2020 book predict that the... 
by Dave Welch | Jun 11, 2021 | General, Licensing, News, Oracle, Oracle Licensing, VMware, VMware Cloud, VMworld, vSphere
Oracle Support for RAC on VMware – MOS Note 249212.1’s April 29, 2021 Revision and VMware’s June 9, 2021 Reaction. Prior to November 8, 2010, Oracle’s RAC FAQ stated: “There are technical restrictions that prohibit the support of RAC in a VMware environment.” In our... 
by Dave Welch | Mar 23, 2021 | Oracle, Oracle Licensing, Uncategorized
Judge Beth Labson Freeman held an October 17, 2019 hearing over the City of Sunrise Florida Firefighters Pension Fund class action lawsuit v.2. There wasn’t a lot about Judge Beth Labson Freeman’s December 17, 2019 order to dismiss that I found encouraging for...