Re: What is Oracle thinking

It's a great question! I was able to find only one site www.gna.net that is offering Oracle web hosting, but price is $150 a month for 10 megs, which is not acceptable for many small web businesses.

"Cyllan" <seitz_at_pobox.com> wrote in message news:vrgC4.260$Hy5.2393_at_typhoon.tampabay.rr.com...
> Dear Oracle Corp,
>
> I have a grip to share with Oracle. I'm a small web developer that would
> like to use Oracle as my database backend for a small web business. I'm
> hoping that one day it will grow, but right now I'm small. Also, I want
 to
> have someone else host the web site. I would think that Oracle databases
> would be everywhere. Well their not.
>
> I can find Microsoft SQL-Server everywhere at good prices. Now I know
> someone will say Oracle is better than MS-SQL. I agree that is why I
 would
> like to use them, but the cost of getting an ISP with Oracle is almost 10
> times the cost. Why? Is Oracle that weak in their ISP relationships,
 that
> they can't give the software away to ISPs.
>
> I spoke to a company last night that said MS wants them to use MS-SQL/ASP
> that MS gave them an a huge discount. I can't confirm this, but the ISP
> only offers MS-SQL and no Oracle.
>
> So I figured that Oracle would have a list of ISPs that offered web
 hosting.
> Then on their front page I see, "It only takes 7 seconds to lose a
> customer." Well at that point I have been trying for 2 hours to find a
 web
> hosting company. Well I didn't find a web page with web hosting using
> Oracle. But I did find an article of Oracle scalability. I read it. I
> agreed with them. That is when I was hit with an thought.
>
> What is scalability? Is scalability the means of growing large? No, but
> the means to handle small amounts to huge amounts. Performance wise,
 Oracle
> scales well. Price wise no scaling. Sure Standard PowerUnit pricing is
> only 10 bucks per PowerUnit. But its hard to sell that to myself, when I
> have no money. My project is sweet equity. I don't have the financial
> resources to use Oracle. And since Oracle doesn't have any web hosting
> deals
> with companies, I'm forces to use MS-SQL. Now I'm stuck using MS-SQL,
 which
> makes MS happy. Now I will use ASP and Visual Interdev. They keep
> mindshare in my mind. And if I ever have to consult a small business
> wanting to get on the web using a web host, I can only recommend MS
> products. Why? Because Oracle lost a customer in 7 seconds.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> John Seitz
>
>
>
>
>
Received on Thu Mar 23 2000 - 00:00:00 CST