A Perpetual ULA looks like a great deal on paper — until you realize there's no exit strategy. Walk away and you lose access to everything, overnight. We explain why this financing structure is designed to lock you in permanently and what alternatives exist.
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Why the Oracle Perpetual ULA is Insidious
A Perpetual ULA looks like a great deal on paper — until you realize there's no exit strategy. Walk away and you lose access to everything, overnight. We explain why this financing structure is designed to lock you in permanently and what alternatives exist.
Lena J. Weiner
Technical Writer
March 2021
5 min read
The bottom line
A Perpetual ULA looks like a great deal on paper — until you realize there's no exit strategy. Walk away and you lose access to everything, overnight. We explain why this financing structure is designed to lock you in permanently and what alternatives exist.
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From our case files
What a perpetual ULA costs you shows up at certification. Here is what happened when clients worked the numbers before signing anything:
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Lena J. Weiner
Technical Writer
Lena covered software licensing, audits and asset management for LicenseFortress.
