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> Subject: Oracle changes pricing
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> ** Oracle Alters Software Pricing Plan
>
> Oracle is going on the offensive with prices. The vendor is
> dumping its much-maligned power-unit price scheme for database-
> and app-server software in favor of a simpler per-processor price
> tag. CEO Larry Ellison introduced the Oracle9i database Thursday
> and took the opportunity to blast critics and competitors who say
> his software is too expensive.
>
> "In fact, our software is cheaper, not more expensive, than
> IBM's," Ellison said, zeroing in on the company's biggest
> database competitor. The Oracle database now carries a price tag
> of $15,000 per processor for the standard edition and $40,000 per
> processor for the enterprise edition. IBM, however, prices the
> enterprise edition of its DB2 database product at $20,000 per
> processor. Ellison argued that Oracle's database requires less
> hardware, networking infrastructure, and IT management personnel.
> The standard and enterprise editions of the Oracle9i application
> server are priced at $10,000 and $20,000 per processor,
> respectively.
>
> Under Oracle's power-unit pricing, customers whose IT systems
> connect to the Internet have paid fees based on the speed of the
> microprocessors in the servers on which the Oracle software is
> running. Because the Internet is open to an unlimited number of
> users, Oracle created power-unit pricing based on the concept
> that the server's power corresponded to database use. Customers
> still have the option of buying licenses on a named-user basis.
>
> Oracle customers disliked power-unit pricing because they were
> forced to buy more expensive licenses from Oracle when they
> upgraded hardware. Industry analysts have said Oracle's price
> woes have been a factor in its slower sales in the last two
> quarters. Gartner analyst Betsy Burton calculated that Oracle's
> new prices could mean price reductions of up to 50% for its
> software running on multiprocessor servers.
>
> Ellison also introduced Oracle9i, the latest version of the
> vendor's flagship product. Highlights of the product, which is
> generally available, include the Real Application Clusters
> technology that lets the database run in parallel across multiple
> servers without the need to partition the data or rewrite
> applications. Oracle9i also offers built-in business-intelligence
> capabilities, including data mining and online analytical
> processing. - Rick Whiting
>
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