Re: Oracle Server Cost

From: Toby Berriman <t.berriman_at_ntlworld.com@ntlworld.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:47:39 +0100
Message-ID: <v6jk9.1681$DY4.12841@newsfep3-gui.server.ntli.net>

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"NorwoodThree" <norwoodthree_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:ba03e2c.0209240952.6bb0510d_at_posting.google.com...
> Be sure to read the license agreement when you download it. In order
> to be in license compliance, you **MUST** pick up the phone and
> contact Oracle. Licensing depends on configurations and usage for
> your particular environment, and only Oracle knows how much they will
> gauge you.

On re-reading the license it seems to me that it is free to use as a sevelopment platform, right up until you release the program that you developed using Oracle. In other words, you can learn how to use Oracle for free, but it'll cost you to use that knowledge.

> For production environments, it seems to be about 40k per processor
> w/o stuff like olap, partitioning, etc. (just my .02, could be much
> different for your environment).
Received on Wed Sep 25 2002 - 08:47:39 CDT