Re: 8i on Intel-based Unix & that f****** licensing

I agree-- Oracle's new pricing sucks! Do you need the Enterprise Edition? The Standard Edition is 15% of the cost of the Enterprise Edition. Also, do you need to license by power units? If you're running a website or have a ton of users, then you have no choice.

On Sat, 11 Mar 2000 05:55:11 -0800, Mike S <mike.stoneNOmiSPAM_at_talk21.com.invalid> wrote:

>We have a 5-6 year old Sparcserver1000 at our shop, currently
>running 7.3.4 under the Oracle concurrent user licensing model.
>However, this runs out later this year, and we need to replace
>the Sparc1000 with a box better specced for Oracle 8i.
> This is where Oracle's wonderful new licensing model has
>complicated things immeasurably. The amount quoted for a power
>unit-based license on a Sparc box is way out of the park so far
>as our budget is concerned, and the powerful NT lobby in-house
>has seized on this as an opportunity to push for a migration to
>NT - God forbid!
> There's no way I want to be involved in a migration which
>involves a change of Oracle release AND a change of platform to
>one I don't trust (and have less experience of). I need some
>info on alternative Intel-based Unix platforms - in particular
>Solaris x86 - which I could use to promote an alternative (and
>less drastic) proposal. Can anyone help?
>
>
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Received on Wed Mar 15 2000 - 00:00:00 CST