HansF wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:52:32 -0500, Serge Rielau wrote:
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>>*chuckle*And there always will be because SMP scales better than RAC
>>(more CPUs needed) and RAC is cited as a major contributer to Linux
>>licenses... it ain't free. To quote the Oracle ad's fineprint freely
>>"DBMS software and switches not included ..." ;-)
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>
> Pot <-> Kettle? From the IBM site, when I looked at DB2 under Linux <g>
>
> https://www-112.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/buyingtools/paexpress/Express?P0=E1&part_number=D518GLL,D518JLL,D53Y2LL,D56CILL&catalogLocale=en_CA&Locale=en_US&country=CAN&PT=html&S_TACT=none&S_CMP=none
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Nope, not Pot <-> Kettle. IBM isn't actively hunting down SMP boxes to
turn hardware $ into software $. Also IBM is not running that SMP vs
"cheap linux cluster" add. I find it funny how a software company can
run an add on price and then exclude the very product they are selling
from the pricing. That is quite creative.
Cheers
Serge
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Serge Rielau
DB2 SQL Compiler Development
IBM Toronto Lab
Received on Wed Nov 30 2005 - 12:22:07 CST
