Re: MS SQL server VS Oracle

Hi,

I think this message about new pricing just announced by Microsoft will be interesting:

> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 7:11 AM
> To: SQL 2000 Discussions
> Subject: SQL 2000 Licensing
>
> Does this seem ridiculous to anyone else? Our current cost for a dual
> processor SQL box running Enterprise Edition, used exclusively for
> connecting to web servers is approximately $14,000. ($7000 - Enterprise
> Edition, $3500 x 2 Internet connectors = $7000 more).
>
> Under the new licensing structure, our cost for the same box would / will
> be $40,000. This does not include the OS.
>
> Am I missing something??
>
> Check it out yourself:
> http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/products/windowsdna/market.asp
>

Hth,
Dmitry Pugachev, Oracle DBA

David Pomphrey - DNP <High.Flight_at_btinternet.com> ñîîáùèë â íîâîñòÿõ ñëåäóþùåå:39649DAC.5169_at_btinternet.com...
> Oracle (standard edition) can be cheaper than MS Sql Server.
>
> This is based on pure licence costs alone - never mind total cost of
> ownership.
>
>
> As regards MS Sql Server - how many simultaneous transactions will the
> DB need to support? Oracle has better concurrency.
>
> If anyone starts mentioning TPC-C benchmarks (or similar) as a reason
> for getting a product then that is your early-morning-wake-up call to
> start looking for a better job with a better employer. Marketing has
> clearly started to overrule careful consideration of the technology
> whenever the debate gets to that stage.
>
> There is almost no worse way to pick a product than looking at
> benchmarks alone.
>
>
> 3 million ( 3,000,000) rows is nothing special in the enterprise
> database arena. Oracle will chew through tens of hundereds of millions
> of rows no problem.
>
> 3 billion ( 3,000,000,000 ) rows is a bit more unusual.
>
>
>
> Notwithstanding the above, it all comes down to choosing the best tool
> for the job. Unfortunately the decision making process is often
> influenced by a mixture of hearsay, prejudice, inappropriate statistics
> and supposition.
>
>
> Caveat Emptor.
>
>
>
>
> David N. Pomphrey OCP |DBA| MCP |TCP/IP| B.Tech.
>
> Glasgow, Scotland.
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Received on Fri Jul 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT