Oracle eliminated on-premise term licenses — quietly removing one of the few remaining flexible purchasing options. Here are four critical facts about what changed, why Oracle did it, and how it shifts negotiating power even further toward the vendor.
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Oracle Changes to Term Licenses: 4 Facts You Should Know
Oracle eliminated on-premise term licenses — quietly removing one of the few remaining flexible purchasing options. Here are four critical facts about what changed, why Oracle did it, and how it shifts negotiating power even further toward the vendor.
Hollie Palmer
Director of Marketing, LicenseFortress
September 2020
4 min read
The bottom line
Oracle eliminated on-premise term licenses — quietly removing one of the few remaining flexible purchasing options. Here are four critical facts about what changed, why Oracle did it, and how it shifts negotiating power even further toward the vendor.
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Term and perpetual choices change the renewal math. One negotiation where that was reworked:
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Hollie Palmer
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