Re: License pricing
From: Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 19:53:35 -0500
Message-ID: <56DE228F.9080605_at_gmail.com>
On 03/07/2016 07:21 PM, Iggy Fernandez wrote:
> For Linux, customers already have a wide choice of lower-cost,
> full-featuresd players: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Informix, Sybase, and
> Ingres in addition to Oracle. How does adding another lower-cost
> player change Oracle's sales prospects?
It changes things because SQL Server has a bunch of applications running against it, SAP being one of them. And I wouldn't call MySQL or PostgreSQL "full featured".
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 19:53:35 -0500
Message-ID: <56DE228F.9080605_at_gmail.com>
On 03/07/2016 07:21 PM, Iggy Fernandez wrote:
> For Linux, customers already have a wide choice of lower-cost,
> full-featuresd players: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Informix, Sybase, and
> Ingres in addition to Oracle. How does adding another lower-cost
> player change Oracle's sales prospects?
It changes things because SQL Server has a bunch of applications running against it, SAP being one of them. And I wouldn't call MySQL or PostgreSQL "full featured".
-- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA Tel: (347) 321-1217 -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Tue Mar 08 2016 - 01:53:35 CET