Re: Bye Oracle.

Glen hit the nail right on its head....(see the Oracle Hammer). "Not sure how it would apply to a data warehousing app, but it showed that depending on more than a few factors sometimes MSSQL was less $$$ and sometimes it was more. Oracles licensing matrix is quite simple now, the MSSQL one is not, and I got three different answers from three different MS reps when I was enquiring for more details."

Heard a few similar "horror" stories.

I have a feeling, your project success is tied directly to the sales person walking thru the door.

Keep us posted on your success(es).

Good luck.

"Glen A Stromquist" <glen_stromquist_at_nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:2IPC9.14735$Cn2.1569552_at_news2.telusplanet.net...
> Niall Litchfield wrote:
>
> > I'd have thought an interesting comparison would be the one off cost of
> > converting your datawarehouse (include training costs etc for developers
> > dbas etc) compared to the annual 'saving' on license costs. Naturally a
> > better comparison would include the cost of the different levels of
> > availability but this is almost impossible to quantify. My suggestion at
> > least compares cash you will spend now with the saving you will obtain.
If
> > the payback period is (say) 3 years it would be interesting to compare
> > that with the ROI required for new development projects.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Niall Litchfield
> > Oracle DBA
> > Audit Commission UK
> > *****************************************
> > Please include version and platform
> > and SQL where applicable
> > It makes life easier and increases the
> > likelihood of a good answer
> >
> > ******************************************
> > "NorwoodThree" <norwoodthree_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
> > news:ba03e2c.0211200715.3d8e0ae0_at_posting.google.com...
> >> Our company is trying to phase out Oracle in favor of SQL Server due
> >> to licensing costs for our data warehouse.
> >>
> >> I dont want to cause a huge thread, but is there a link somewhere that
> >> explains the disadvantages to this? I dont know anything about SQL
> >> Server. I know there have been threads as to "Oracle vs. SQL Server"
> >> but it doesnt answer my question directly. I want to stick with
> >> Oracle.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
>
> I did up a quick & dirty spreadsheet comparing the two a while back, when
> my boss went thru the roof when we saw what our new licensing was going to
> cost us once we had to opt in to the named users scheme.
> Not sure how it would apply to a data warehousing app, but it showed that
> depending on more than a few factors sometimes MSSQL was less $$$ and
> sometimes it was more. Oracles licensing matrix is quite simple now, the
> MSSQL one is not, and I got three different answers from three different
MS
> reps when I was enquiring for more details.
>
> I think one fellow that I e-mailed a copy to was going to improve on it
and
> post it on his site(I forget who)
>
> hth
>
>
Received on Thu Nov 21 2002 - 01:29:41 CST