Re: Simple Licensing Question

> We're planning to run Oracle 8i on a
> Sun-based production environment (a website),
> and I think I understand how the licensing works
> for this (UPU - based on # CPUs, Mhz).
>
> However, before we get there, we need to create
> a development and QA environment, which will
> be lighter weight boxes of the production (cheap
> sun boxes). The developers and testers will connect
> via network to it.
>
> Question is, do we need to pay Larry the Big bucks for the QA
> and development environment? I can't find anything
> in Oracle licensing which makes any distinction. We
> did sign up for OTN, but am not sure if that lets
> us do development.
>
> What is commonly done?

Negotiate with your Oracle salesrep. You should have no problem getting a decent deal.

He or she works on commission.

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Wed Mar 14 2001 - 00:35:29 CST