RE: Intel-Hyperthread-Linux-Oracle

Oracle has always been willing to negotiate with big players for obvious reasons.

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of david hill Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 4:03 PM To: Hollis, Les; Christian.Antognini_at_trivadis.com; richard.c.ji_at_gmail.com
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Subject: RE: Intel-Hyperthread-Linux-Oracle

Looks like you got a nice rep. Les
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Here's what Oracle says in their licensing definition.
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Processor: shall be defined as all processors where the Oracle programs are
installed and/or running. Programs licensed on a Processor basis may be accessed by your internal users (including agents and contractors) and by
your third party users. For the purposes of counting the number of processors which require licensing, a multicore chip with "n" processor cores shall be counted as "n" processors.
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Good news is though, it looks like the industry going to be pushing oracle
to change it. Little Story at the Register today http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/09/mcnealy_oracle_pricing/ <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/09/mcnealy_oracle_pricing/>=20
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