RE: Oracle pricing ain't going down

If you're getting Oracle software cheaper than MS pricing then we really need to talk because all of the quotes I've gotten have Oracle far more expensive than Sql Server. We actually run both Sql Server SE and Oracle EE here so I can obviously pay far less for Sql Server SE but I just did a quick check and I can get, via some pretty good Select pricing, Sql Server EE for $7059 per processor. My last quote from Oracle for EE was $30,000 per processor after a 25% discount. There are obviously quite a few differences in functionality and I prefer to use Oracle, but all of our future development will be going the Sql Server route as it does what we need at far cheaper prices. I've been watching these pricing posts with some interest but I have to admit that unless I'm missing something significant I just can't comprehend how people are claiming Oracle is cheaper. Oracle needs to lower prices or they will continue to lose smaller customers like us.

David

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Niall
  When I reviewed the options, it seemed that if you were in the market for SQL Server, then Oracle SE was more the choice for you. While MS has copied the SE and EE terms (and I see IBM has also), I really didn't find MS EE comparable to Oracle EE. More like MS EE vs. Oracle SE. Then the pricing is actually in Oracle's favor, IIRC.

Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Microsoft is approcimately 2/3rds the price for standard and 1/2 the price for EE IIRC. It also has about 80-90% of the functionality of Oracle. Oracle Std Edition One addresses all those single cpu servers you use on production systems.....

It wasn't just bad ms marketing that saw me advocating them in SA, Oracle really needs to wake up to the fact that it has a hideously overpriced product for 90% of the businesses out there. Std Edition One pricing is what Std Edition should be selling at IMO.

Niall

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> what is the microsoft,. sybase, and ibm database pricing?
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