Re: Oracle Licenses -please advise!

Yes, those sound like the numbers we experience, but you must realize that there is a flexible total cost that depends on volume (dolar wise) discounts. Also Oracle usual calls a "seat" a concurrent user. So if you have 10,000 people but only 1000 are actually using oracle at a given moment, then you would normally need just 1000 licenses. However the determination of actual average concurrent use is very difficult.

It is best to attempt to negotiate with oracle in good faith, and I believe you will find them to be willing to talk provided the total cost of negotiation is sufficiently high overall.

But to actually answer your question, yes those are our costs too. In fact I think our maintenance maybe even higher tahn $360.00?

Oracle may, like many other software companies, also have an academic pricing schedule, check it out?

Lisa Lewis wrote:
>
> Can someone give me an idea of how much negotiating power I have when
> talking to Oracle reps regarding licensing. I talked to my rep and he told
> me that the cost is 1,495 for a one seat license + 360.00 per year support.
> There is no way we can pay this kind of money. Is this what everyone else
> is paying? To say the least, I do not trust sales people to tell me the
> whole story for obvious reasons. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Please respond via e-mail
> Lisa

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Gerry Sinkiewicz
sinkiege_at_snet.net Received on Mon Apr 05 1999 - 17:29:23 CDT