Interesting, but I bet it's still very expensive. It looks like a good move
though.
--
Adam Ruth
InterCation, Inc.
www.intercation.com
"David Weis" <djweis_at_plconline.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.10.10005301156340.12708-100000_at_catbert.desm.plconline.com...
>
> On Sun, 28 May 2000, Adam Ruth wrote:
>
> > That's one nice thing about DB2. The workgroup edition tops out at
$2,800
> > for an Internet Connection License, and around $500 for the server
license.
> > With the Internet Connection License, you can have an unlimited number
of
> > internal and external client connections. With SQL Server, Oracle, and
> > Sybase (I don't know about Informix), you'll still be paying for
additional
> > users as you add them.
>
> With Oracle's new licensing-formula-of-the-week, you pay for power units
> based on the processing power of the machine and can load as many users on
> to it as you want.
>
> david
>
>
> > "Michael D. Long" <lead_dog_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> > news:85hY4.1542$O.11032_at_news1.atl...
> > >
> > > The last time I read the license in-depth, per server vs. per
> > > seat must be determined for the entire enterprise. The license
> > > did not allow you to set up connections to one server as "per
> > > server" and another "per seat".
> > >
> > > Even under per server you would still need a 1000 seat server
> > > license to handle 1000 concurrent user connections.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael D. Long
> > > http://extremedna.homestead.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "Neil Pike" <100577.553_at_compuserve.com> wrote in message
> > > news:VA.00000d8f.00217173_at_compuserve.com...
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > 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)
> > > > SQL FAQ (428 entries) see
> > > > forumsb.compuserve.com/gvforums/UK/default.asp?SRV=MSDevApps
(sqlfaq.zip - L7 - SQL Public)
> > > > or www.ntfaq.com/sql.html
> > > > or www.sql-server.co.uk
> > > > or www.mssqlserver.com/faq
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
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> | http://www.perfectionlearning.com/
> When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was quiet because I didn't deal
drugs.
> When they took the Fifth Amendment, I was quiet because I was innocent.
> When they took the Second Amendment, I was quiet because I didn't own a
gun.
> Now they've taken the First Amendment and I can't say anything.
>
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