Re: Oracle Pricing is kind of lame

So are you saying the standard edition won't run on more than one processor? What's the difference between the standard and enterprise edtion, besides the price?

In article <950855559.22891.3.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl>,   "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:
> That would imply you simply didn't configure your instance correctly.
Check
> the cpu parameter by show parameter cpu in svrmgr and/or start playing
> around with Parallel Query Option (if you have the Enterprise
Edition). If
> you don't have the Enterprise Edition it's useless to have Oracle run
on a
> server with 4 processors.
>
> Hth,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
> Daniel <delj_at_flash.net> wrote in message
> news:7o_q4.6170$nu4.435632_at_news.flash.net...
> > What adds insult to injury is that they charge you per processor
and by
> > processor speed. The fastest processors do not have the highest
MHz. I
> > also have yet to see a Windows NT Server system running Oracle on
more
> than
> > one processor. I have a 4 processor 6300 sitting in my office
right now
> and
> > it seems that Oracle uses one processor and Windows delegates its
> processes
> > to another.
> >
> > Daniel
> > Austin, TX
> >
> >
> >
> > <kevinator_ca_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
> > news:88hpqt$ojo$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > > hello ora-people,
> > > I've been working with oracle for about a 2 years now. In the
past,
> > > I've worked on large government contracts that had the funding to
pay
> > > Oracle's outrageous licensing fees. Now I work for a smaller
company
> > > and I was shocked when I learned how much oracle wants to extort
from
> > > us.
> > > If you've looked the web page at http://oraclestore.oracle.com,
you
> > > notice that Oracle recently started charging based on "Power
Units."
> > > So, as an example, our licence would cost $165K. We have 3 Zeon
550 Mhz
> > > processors and that's what it worked out to. Plus we have to pay
a $20K
> > > or 15% in support. BTW : It took my boss 3 hour long phone calls
just
> > > to get a replacement disk for the server.
> > > i just wanted to know if my boss and I are the only ones who
think
> > > this outrageous. We wanted to switch most of our MS SQL-Server
stuff to
> > > Oracle but we probably won't because of the cost issue. One of our
> > > clients insists that we use Oracle so we will still be using it
but not
> > > as much as I thought.
> > > I hope it's reasonable to bring this issue up in this
newsgroup.
> > >
> > > kevin
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > Before you buy.
> >
> >
>
>

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Before you buy. Received on Fri Feb 18 2000 - 12:22:09 CST