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California + Oracle = $95 Million Fiasco

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the aren't-you-glad-you-just-paid-taxes dept.

bahtama writes: "The Sacramento Bee is reporting that California apparently signed an agreement to purchase 95 million dollars worth of Oracle software that they really didn't need and that will not save them as much money as promised. They apparently purchased 270,000 licenses, which is more than all the state workers, including prison guards and others who would never need it." How do you think Oracle would treat the whole country?

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  1. Governments misspend taxpayer's money? by Kohath · · Score: 5, Funny

    No way. When did this start?

  2. State ID cards by Mad+Man · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe everybody issued a national ID card, or scanned by facial recognition technology, will require a license from Oracle before they can be tracked?

  3. Larry was just doing his patriotic duty by gambit3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... to make up for all those millions and millions the BSA claims are lost to piracy. He was just buying licenses for them.

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    1. Re:Larry was just doing his patriotic duty by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 5, Funny

      Poor Oracle. They have to lower thsemselves to stuff like this, because of all those warez kiddies running Oracle 9i Enterprise on their 64 cpu Sun boxen.

  4. i see this as a possible scenario... by Atilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...if you get pulled over in california:

    "May I see your driver's license, proof of insurance, and your Oracle seat license please"

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  5. Does anybody remember that Futurama... by jeremy+f · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..Where Amy went car shopping at that "Malfunctioning Eddies" or wherever; and upon being sold a car (after haggling for it at a HIGHER price), the owner-robot exploded?

    Why do I get the impression that there's quite a few Oracle employees who just exploded; and that California is going to be mightily pissed when they find that their new Oracle Software isn't going to come with quite as much Eagle as the salesmen promised...

  6. Attention California by The+Slashdolt · · Score: 5, Funny

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  7. Moot Point by plinko_chip · · Score: 5, Funny

    All of this is meaningless, since within a years time California won't have any electricity!

  8. Meanwhile....!!!! by mikosullivan · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... City of Largo, FL obtains more Linux licenses than it needs!!!! Mistake costs them.... um, nothing.

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  9. Oh really? by jhines0042 · · Score: 5, Funny

    He added, "This is a mess. And it's not one we need to sweep under the rug."

    And what kinds of messes DO we sweep under the rug?

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