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

Amen, we are looking very hard at DB2. they have migration products which will migrate Oracle to DB2.

In article <ox565.459$I76.32519_at_monger.newsread.com>, vmessner_at_bestweb.net says...
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>In our case the net cost increase was high enough to make us switch to some
>non-Oracle products. Perhaps this is one way Oracle plans to deal with too
>rapid growth.
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>Van
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><alistair.thomson_at_sphinxcst.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:8jag55$dc1$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
>> Yeah - but licence costs have come down. £100 per user on standard ed
>> and £375 per user for Enterprise.....
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>> In article <8jae9a$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...
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>> Before you buy.
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Received on Wed Jul 05 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT