Re: Insane behaviour in 8.3.3

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 2:28 AM, Samuel Gendler
<sgendler@ideasculptor.com>wrote:

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> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Achilleas Mantzios <
> achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> wrote:
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>> And i forgot to mention, minicom term emulation quality sucks, even
>> giving simple
>> shell commands is a PITA, upgrading the whole fleet would mean bast case
>> scenario
>> minimum 21K USD for the whole fleet + suspension of all other activities
>> for two months.
>> If physical travel was involved, the cost would be increased at even
>> higher levels.
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> And what is the cost of data corruption on large numbers of systems?  And
> how much to fix that, especially if multiple systems fail at the same time?
>  Some things aren't free. $21K in exchange for NOT having had to keep
> systems up to date for 4 years seems like a decent trade.
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Just call up an oracle sales rep and get a price quote for a single
baseline system.  Put that next to the postgresql upgrade cost for your
whole fleet.