Re: Oracle licensing - a complete rip-off?

I am probably mistaken, but I am under the impression that as long as you are only using VB or similar non-Oracle front end products you do not require Oracle licenses for your clients since SQL*Net (Net 8) are included as part of the server licensing.

As an aside, if your client can do their work on SQL Server they do not need Oracle's Enterprise Edition.

regards
Jerry Gitomer

Steve_at_back2front.demon.co.uk wrote in message <37b40ea0.4793829_at_news.demon.co.uk>...
>
>So then as I understand it, there's an Enterprise License, a
WorkGroup
>License and a Runtime license.
>
>My client has an enterprise version of Oracle (7.2) running
under
>Unix. I have written a Visual Basic application (SYS1) which
accesses
>the oracle database via oracle-objects. It's a two tier app, so
when a
>user runs SYS1 a single connection to Oracle is established
until the
>User closes the app. The User (via SYS1) can select, insert,
update
>and delete data. They have no access to (or interest in) the
database
>structure. They have no need for SQLPlus or any of the other
>associated Oracle tools.
>
>If 10 client workstations access oracle via SYS1, 10 licenses
are
>required. Fine.
>If 100 client workstations access the database via SYS1, we need
100
>licenses. Ok.
>
>Well...not so ok. If you are obliged to purchase 100 Enterprise
>licenses at an approx cost of £1000 each because you are using
an
>Enterprise Server!!!
>
>Why??? They do not require all the features of an Enterprise
license -
>simply a connection that allows a User to select, insert, update
and
>delete. Would not a Runtime license suffice?
>
>Surely there is a cheaper solution to this - apart from moving
to SQL
>Server ;)
>
>Regards,
>Steve Roberts
>Steve Roberts
>-------------
>EMAIL : steve_at_back2front.demon.co.uk
>WWW: www.back2front.demon.co.uk
Received on Fri Aug 13 1999 - 15:34:36 CDT