Re: Beware Oracle's new license structure COST $$$$$

Oracle's new pricing structure has created a bonanza for IBM's DB2 here. We have spent a lot of money with IBM that would not have happened without this drastic price increase.

I guess we should thank Oracle for making us look at their competitor's product..

In article <ox565.459$I76.32519_at_monger.newsread.com>,   "Van Messner" <vmessner_at_bestweb.net> wrote:
> In our case the net cost increase was high enough to make us switch to
 some
> non-Oracle products. Perhaps this is one way Oracle plans to deal
 with too
> rapid growth.
>
> Van
>
> <alistair.thomson_at_sphinxcst.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8jag55$dc1$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > Yeah - but licence costs have come down. £100 per user on standard
 ed
> > and £375 per user for Enterprise.....
> >
> > In article <8jae9a$dt9$1_at_hammer.msfc.nasa.gov>,
> > ned.baringer_at_maf.nasa.gov (Ned) wrote:
> > > Anyone upgrading gardware or purchasing new software BEWARE.
 Oracle
 does not
> > > have concurrent user license anymore. You paid by NAMED user or by
 a
 power unit
> > > which is a calculation of # of cpu's times some factor. We are
 upgrading 2 -Sun
> > > servers and the initial license is up by 5 times. Check it out...
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
>

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Before you buy. Received on Wed Jun 28 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT