Re: Oracle and SQL Server

Yesterday I called an oracle sales manager for taking some information about licensing of SE1 and SE2
after SE2 costs had increased a lot...here in Brazil, too high.

Sql server costs a half Oracle, sometimes..

On 3 May 2016 at 20:55, Jack van Zanen <jack_at_vanzanen.com> wrote:

> Hi
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> I am not sure if high cost (perceived or otherwise) is only factor....
> Oracle has always been the expensive one.
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> Maybe the fact that all the new features that come with the competition
> included and require separate license with oracle is an issue.
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> I was just wondering if other regions were seeing the same shift though.
> Not looking for reasons ... I am sure people with market research degrees
> have a better understanding of that process
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> Jack van Zanen
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> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:52 AM, Powell, Mark <mark.powell2_at_hpe.com> wrote:
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>> I think the license on the newer versions of SQL Server are by cores ,
>> not sockets. But like Oracle your employer can negotiate a price well
>> below list. With SQL Server partitioning, data masking, in memory OLTP,
>> and column store are all included in EE and not extra like with Oracle.
>>
>> Run a Bing search on Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Licensing Guide and you
>> should find the url for the PDF.
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>> You have the lesser of 4 sockets or 16 cores with Standard Edition.
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>> Same here also. Has anyone done an unbiased cost comparison between SQL
>> server and oracle?
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>> At $20k a socket I'm not finding that SQL server is any cheaper than
>> oracle, but companies are sold on that.
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>> > On May 2, 2016, at 8:03 PM, Jack van Zanen <jack_at_vanzanen.com> wrote:
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>> > Hi List
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>> > I have noticed lately that most jobs advertised around here are SQL
>> Server (sometimes with Oracle experience a plus). In my current job I have
>> seen an increase in my SQL Server workload as well.
>> > Is this something that is happening in other regions/countries as well?
>> >
>> > I am in Sydney Australia
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>> > Jack van Zanen
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