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On the eve of Halloween, Oracle has asked sysadmins to send it horror movies, or at least screen-capture videos of the issues they want Big O's support teams to solve. Oracle has a name for this service: Demo It To Oracle, or DITO for short. The idea is simple: rather than try to explain a bug to an Oracle service chap, or …

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  1. jake Silver badge

    IMO, Oracle has been a horror-show right from the git-go.

    That's why I don't use it, or recommend it. Anywhere.

    1. Phil O'Sophical Silver badge
      FAIL

      Re: IMO, Oracle has been a horror-show right from the git-go.

      So, you didn't like it 30 years ago, don't use it, but feel qualified to comment on it being a horror show today? Yeah, that works.

      1. jake Silver badge

        @ Phil O'Sophical (was: Re: IMO, Oracle has been a horror-show right from the git-go.)

        I don't use oracle products, nor do I recommend same.

        The above doesn't mean that I don't evaluate it.

        Please, learn to read for content. Ta.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Just for *this* Halloween?

    We have been waiting over 6 months for a couple of critical (i.e. total usage failure) bug-fixes on their storage product, and years for some other bugs to be fixed.

    The whole point of Oracle "support" is to take your money and try to talk the problem to death with escalation manager after escalation manager doing SFA. The whole Oracle "escalation process" reminds me of the Escher drawing of the monks climbing a never-ending closed staircase.

    1. Wooter

      Re: Just for *this* Halloween?

      The whole Oracle "escalation process" reminds me of the Escher drawing

      lol! +1

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    eve of Halloween?

    Halloween means All Hallows eve (as 1st November is All Hallows day).

    So what your saying All Hallows eve eve!

    So does this mean that today is Christmas eve + (eve * 47)?

  4. RainForestGuppy

    The horror......

    Oracle licensing model, brings me out in a cold sweat just thinking about it.

    1. ed2020

      Re: The horror......

      Having been though an Oracle licensing audit myself I feel your pain!

  5. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Just record a session with one of their salesman talking about licensing

    That should be enough

  6. Anonymous Coward
    Joke

    Record a bull session between sysadmins...

    About how much of the IT budget is hoovered up paying Oracle maintenance fees :)

  7. bigfoot780

    Isnt java a horror story?

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