Re: Interesting info about Oracle

Sounds like you forgot to ask for your change in that deal ... who in their right mind pays $40,000 per cpu ? Not us and nobody I have ever talked to.

One day Oracle (for databases) and Microsoft (uhhh.. too damn much) will fall from their current market dominance and hopefully (but not necessarily) be replaced by better products.

But, free (initial cost only) software will not necessarily be the winner... just because the initial cost is free. They will need to make a better product or have better "sales" people .

So far your sales pitch isn't going too far for me either.

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"Keith" <nospam_at_nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Bravo! At least you have some people here that are open and objective,

> and don't have Oracle's foot so far up their a*s that they can't

> consider anything else could be used in place of paying Oracle $40,000

> _per_cpu_. Doh!

>

> Gerard H. Pille wrote:

> > Not to be insulting but still saying that MS Access is up to my

standards?


> >

> > What a strange sense of humor.  I can imagine your customers screaming

> > with laughter when you offer them advice.  That is, until they get the

> > bill.

> >

> > "PostgreSQL is worth exactly what you pay for it: Perhaps a bit more."

> > Oracle has a hard time being worth a little more than what you pay for

it.


> >

> > What could my customers do with that amount of money if they didn't

> > spend it on Oracle?  Imagine ...

>