The guides

I met last week with this incredibly zany guy named Nick Hayes of Influencer 50. His firm understands influencer marketing at a very deep level and he's now in the …

Book-o-rama

I had a new experience. I went to a bookstore and didn't buy a thing. I didn't think that was possible. Perhaps I have a fever? Or, did I forget …

Oracle Simplifies Licensing, Again

What do you do if you have a mature product and the market gives you grief over your complex pricing? You have to do something, but what you do depends on your level of market power and your view of pricing. With Oracle's latest pricing announcement, one gets the sense that Oracle is still being Oracle. That is, this is the latest installment in Oracle's attempt to update pricing without actually changing their pricing much. As the category leader, they get pressure to lower prices but know that they don't have to do so. So while the headline suggests Oracle is simplifying, they are not. They remain, as ever, optimized for revenue capture.