Re: oracle prices, are they for real?

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?

You can go to Oracle's website and purchase the try n buy version for linux. You pay $4.95 and get to try a full version free for 30 days. If after 30 days, you can then obtain a license for it.

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