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Oracle licenses the Database not the client software, so, in your case, I believe it would be
2 Processor License..( Thats all)
Using Named Users in your situation would end up costlier, tho' math sometimes fails me -
With the processor based license, you can expand to an unlimited # of users..
MyName <email_at_email.com> wrote:
>Hi All,
>I've a question about Oracle Licensing I am not able to
>resolve on my own. I've read the licensing docs available
>on the www.oracle.com site, but still I cannot figure how
>correctly I'd estimate my licensing costs.
>
>The docs talks about a "Processor License" and
>"Named User Plus".
>
>I cannot understand when actually I have to buy
>- "Processor License" (which costs about $14K )
>- "Named licenses" ($299), which I suppose is the
> number of clients.
>
>I'm planning to adopt Oracle 9i (standard version) on
>a 2 Processor Win 2k machine, and the databases will be
>accessed by a Windows Terminal machine (10 users)
>and 16 others PCs.
>
>The correct license count is the following one?
>
>DB Server:
>2 named licenses (1 per processor)
>
>Terminal server:
>1 named licenses (1 per processor)
>10 named licenses (1 per user)
>
>PCs
>16 licenses (1 per user/PC)
>
>
>Or do I've to do the following:
>
>DB Server
>2 processor license (1 per processor)
>
>Terminal server
>1 processor license (1 per processor)
>10 named licenses (1 per user)
>
>etc.
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
>Bye,
> Archie
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