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

$250 for what? DB2 prices range from free (for Developer's Editions on Linux and Windows) to thousands of dollars on an SMP. Comparisons are very difficult unless you have specific configurations to compare (size of machine, number of users, maintenance contract, internet access, heterogeneous database access, replication, etc.).

Davide Bianchi wrote:

> 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 (!!!!).
>
> > 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
Received on Sat May 27 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT