RE: Oracle Licensing vs. The Others

As a mainframe user (dba on ADABAS) I know that the fees are about 15% for maintenance.

Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services
adary_at_mehish.co.il

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> From: Farnsworth, Dave [SMTP:DFarnsworth_at_Ashleyfurniture.com]
> Sent: Fri, February 22, 2002 6:44 PM
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> Subject: RE: Oracle Licensing vs. The Others
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> >-This probably pales when compared to mainframe maintenance fees.
>
> And don't forget that mainframes also "rent" the OS for a hefty fee!!
>
> Dave
>
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>
>
> Re the 22% annual support cost. This is apparently not unusually high.
>
> We were quote a 22% for an application last week. This probably
> pales when compared to mainframe maintenance fees.
>
> Jared
>
> On Friday 22 February 2002 06:03, Jay Hostetter wrote:
> > Our management has started asking questions about how Oracle's
> licensing
> > costs compare to other database vendors. Specifically, DB2 and Sql
> Server.
> > I think I am pretty well armed with the "features" arguments, at least
> for
> > Oracle vs. Sql Server, but I really have no clue about licensing and
> > support costs for DB2 and Sql Server. Can somebody please provide
> ballpark
> > numbers? We will be comparing it to Oracle's latest licensing model
> >
> (https://oraclestore.oracle.com/OA_HTML/ibeCZzpHome.jsp?site=OracleStoreUS
> &
> >respid=22372). Oracle tells me that support costs are currently 22% of
> the
> > license per year. Of course, this is prior to any of the black magic
> which
> > they call "discounting." I would like comparable numbers for the other
> > vendors products. If I get a chance, I'll dig around on the web sites,
> but
> > I was also curious to know if the other vendors practice "discounting."
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Jay
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