Re: Why does Oracle cost so much?

Markus Hölzle wrote:

> I spend most of my time on system programming and have almost no idea about
> databases . I´ve seen in a newspaper, that an Oracle system costs up to 2-3
> millions dollars and i was surprised, that a program can cost so much. And
> ur right, i did´t do any research.

The lowest price for a fully licensed Oracle database is far less than $1000 US.

That competitors are running around giving out disinformation should not surprise anyone.

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