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From: overby@agrigene.UUCP (Scott Overby)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Ingres 6.1 out - but for what OS?
Keywords: vendor experience
Message-ID: <467@agrigene.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 89 22:13:56 GMT
References: <276@daitc.daitc.mil> <120@indri.primate.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: overby@agrigene.UUCP (Scott Overby)
Organization: Agrigenetics Research Labs Madison,WI & Boulder,Co
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In article <120@indri.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu writes:
>From article <276@daitc.daitc.mil>, by jkrueger@daitc.daitc.mil (jkrueger):
>> [Paul DuBois offers a few apt criticisms of RTI]
>> 
>> I agree.  However, our experience is that the other vendors are
>> comparable or worse.  RTI has at least treated us at all times with
>> courtesy and cooperation; this is more than I can say for some others.
>
>I would certainly be interested to know:  Do others of you have
>this same experience?


We tried Oracle for 30 days and returned it unsatisfied.  We have since
received mail and an upgrade tape assuming we still had a valid license.
After a call to Oracle, they said to return the tape with an explanation. We
 returned the tape and a few days later we got it back again.  I wonder if
 they use Oracle to keep track of their licensed users? :-)