Re: oracle prices, are they for real?

Mike,

I've never seen an Oracle Price Guide which mentions a specific variant of UNIX at $x ? The guides, at least in the EMEA, quote price per product and cartridge.

Chris

Oh, and I've seen lots of Oracle price guides....

"D.M.(Mike) Mattix" wrote:
>
> In article <7dcjla$lr8$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>, christine_at_techresource.org says...
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> Oracle's prices ARE high. $1300?? You should get a quote for some of the UNIX
> servers (DEC/IBM/HP) or DEC Open/VMS (I know Compaq bought DEC but I refuse to
> acknowledge it..). How doe $20-50K strike you?? It always amazes me to listen to
> Ellison act so morally high and mighty while his sales departments stick it to
> you..
>
> Not a real Oracle or Ellison fan, but when your employer signs an NSO that states
> you will not use a competing product....
>
> Mike Mattix
>
> dmmattix_at_earthlink.net
Received on Sun Mar 28 1999 - 16:16:21 CST