Re: oracle prices, are they for real?

From: <oliver.willandsen_at_sg.cec.be>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 17:41:31 GMT
Message-ID: <7ddsg9$po6$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>

In article <7dcjla$lr8$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>, christine_at_techresource.org wrote:
>
>
> 1300 dollars for oracle on linux. Does anyone
> else think that this price is recockulous. Do people
> actually pay these prices. I think i'll just tough
> it out without either postgres or mySQL.
>
> I remember reading 200$ for oracle on linux
> somewhere a year or so ago, this was from a news post,
> though. Were prices ever resonable or have they
> gone crazy just recently. I would never pay this much
> for software. Prices like these aren't paying for
> programers and support, these kind of prices are paying
> for marketers, corporate planes, and lamer businesmen
> who sit around tyring to figure out ways to screw people
> while making the programers lives misearable. I am sure
> the programers would be happier charging less, focusing on
> their code more, and loosing the corporate overhead and
> bullshit.
>
> Comments?
>
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I don't know what the fuss is all about - Oracle on Linux is _free_ for developers

http://technet.oracle.com/tech/linux/info/devlic.htm

so just download it, and get on with your work :-)

But I suspect very much that yours was just a troll post - if your email address is correct, that is.

On the "Home page of the Technology Resource Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting communities through libraries." one can find the following :

</QUOTE>The Technology Resource Institute

        has merged with the larger Bill and Melinda Gates
        Foundations philanthropic effort, and has renamed itself
        to the "Gates Center for Technology Access". This
        merger is an exciting opportunity for TRI, and will
        enable us to bring additional resources to help address
        the problem of the growing Digital Divide.

</UNQUOTE>

I rest my case

Oliver Willandsen
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