"Burt Peltier" <burttemp1ReMoVeThIs_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> The price difference was true at one point (except you didn't get nearly
the
> same features as today in Sql Server - so it was worth a lot less), but I
> don't see where the price is that much different any more, if you compare
> (as one example) the Standard Edition of Oracle to the equivalent
> (non-Enterprise) version of Sql Server.
>
> For example we bought a copy of Sql Server 3 years ago for 5 users at
$1,500
> . That is the same price for the Standard Edition of Oracle today.
>
> And, now Oracle has a new price for basically the standard edition of
> $195/user. For more info, see URL
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/08/HNoraclesmbdb_1.html
Std Edition one is IMO exactly the right price for Std Edition. I really,
really hate the idea of running any database - especially one aimed at
running a small business or large corporate workgroup on a single processor
machine. Still it has been at least 2 years since Larry announced new
pricing so we are about due a new pricing policy for all the products.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission Uk
Received on Tue Oct 28 2003 - 04:19:57 CST
