RE: Oracle vs DB2

So is interbase/firebird. However, there is a perception issue, at least with mgmt here.

At 01:28 PM 4/24/01 -0800, you wrote:
>hmmm, mysql is free, best price of all.
>
>>>> ismgr_at_pctc.com 04/24/01 04:27PM >>>
>At 10:46 AM 4/24/01 -0800, you wrote:
>>Not true. You can use the Standard Edition for serving web pages. We're
>>doing it.
>
>Yep. I've corrected myself on that in another email.
>
>>One thing I don't get: it's $6,000 Cdn for a 1-user license, right? How is a
>>1-user license going to do you any good if you're serving web pages? Just
>>interested in how the WE Internet Access works.
>
>The 1-user license + WE = a legal DB2 web-database. This according to the
>IBM salescritter. Got it on paper, too. :-)
>
>
>>We had some IBM guys in here late last year, and they couldn't give us any
>>better pricing than what we could get Oracle Standard Edition for.
>
>Times change. My salescritter is saying that in some cases, IBM is *giving*
>DB2 away, if there's enough ancilliary business (hardware, consulting, etc).
>
>I guess I should add a disclaimer to my rant at this point. We are a small
>shop. I mean *SMALL* shop. 30 people in the company. 30K for a web database
>may be peanuts for a fortune 500 company, but for us, it's significant. YMMV.
>
>
>
>
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