Re: Oracle pricing ain't going down

On 2003.10.27 00:34, Mogens Nørgaard wrote:

> I have this radical idea that Oracle should include RAC in SE at no extra
> price (I think that would spread the product fast :) ),

That would, quite likely, be the end of RAC. RAC is a great tool for those who need it, but it's far too complex for the "general public", if such creature exists. Mass deployment of RAC would be likely to overextend support and give the product itself a bad rap and cause a huge controversy which would probably result in a significant product deterioration. That would be shame, because clustered databases can be extremely useful in the environments that need them. Having a bunch of PHB types trying to do "10 Teraflops on my database" would probably result in a disaster for the product itself.

In other words, if oracle is getting slammed by the competition, they should cut prices across the board and not get creative with the options. I believe that the ultra cheap version for $150/seat is a step in the right direction.

-- 
Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA
-- 
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net
-- 
Author: Mladen Gogala
  INET: mgogala_at_adelphia.net

Fat City Network Services    -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com
San Diego, California        -- Mailing list and web hosting services
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).