Re: MS SQL Server vs Oracle vs DB2 (&Sybase too)

Davide,

> Pay attention also to the client licence fee. I remember that MS want a
> licence for each CLIENT accessing the database in an Intranet environment,
> this means that if you have 1000 users, you need 1000 licences (!!!!).

 Not true. You could have the server set-up in per-server mode. In per-seat mode you would need 1000.  

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> > Oracle is 3X the price of DB2 on nearly every platform.
>
> What ???? The last time I saw prices, Oracle was around 250$, how DB2 can be
> cheaper ?
> Davide
>

 Neil Pike MVP/MCSE. Protech Computing Ltd  (Please reply only to newsgroups)
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