Oracle License Costs vs Oracle Support Agreements

Our premier technical support agreement recently expired. Since we are running old versions of Oracle products (as we are migrating to another database vendor), the Oracle rep is trying to sell us another tech support agreement (sustaining or extended support).
If we do not plan to upgrade the Oracle products and absolutely do not need Oracle tech support, are we required to pay for a tech support agreement as a way of continuing to "pay" for the Oracle licenses? Are license costs bundled with costs of tech support plans?
I"m sure I can ask the Oracle rep about this. I'm just doing some checking before I talk to him.
Thanks,
Jeff

If we do not plan to upgrade the Oracle products and
absolutely do not need Oracle tech support, are we
required to pay for a tech support agreement as a way
of continuing to "pay" for the Oracle licenses? Are
license costs bundled with costs of tech support
plans?(Note - I do not speak for Oracle. This is MY interpretation of MY license agreement, which may be different from yours.)
If you have a perpetual license, you are not required to pay for support if you are never going to use support.
Realize, however, that using support, includes getting patches and upgrades.
Basically the perpetual license gives me Oracle at a specific version. While it is in force, Support gives me permission to change that version - at any level of the version digits.
Best you read http://www.oracle.com/support/index.html to make an intelligent decision.

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