Re: Oracle Licensing Question

Thanks for the response.

Now a little tricky question: Lets say that I have the Personal Edition License (w/Support).

If I find an Oracle bug using the free developer OTN license for the Enterprise Edition, can I use my Personal Edition to just open a Tar?
(No support seeked)

Regards,

1. Fuentes

"HansF" <News.Hans_at_telus.net> wrote in message news:pan.2005.12.22.15.42.21.588961_at_telus.net...
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:45:13 +0000, A. Fuentes wrote:
>
> >
> > Fellow Oracle Users:
> >
> > I am trying to determine the following from
> > the Oracle Store web site, but I am not so sure if I got
> > the right numbers.
> >
> > What would be the low-end prices (annually) for
> > an Oracle License (1 AIX system w/1 CPU),
> > one user (only me), which will allow to open
> > TARs/bugs in the metalink?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > A. Fuentes
>
> 1) Licenses no longer depend on the operating system;
> 2) The least expensive will be Personal, but that delivers only for
> Windows. (That is not a license thing, that is a delivery thing ...);
> 3) You need license + support to access Metalink;
> 4) Using the US prices (since I do not know your locale) follow these
> steps to price Personal Edition:
>
> http://store.oracle.com/
> -> link to (United States / English)
> -> left menu link to (Term Licenses)
> -> center area link to (Oracle Database Personal Edition)
> -> pull down, select the term ($80/year), enter Qty 1
> and click Add to Cart
> -> pull down, select support (Software Update License & Support)
> and click Update
>
> Your total is US$168
>
> You may also decide to order the CD pack instead of downloading.
>
> Oracle price policies are listed in various documents at
> http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/index.html, but as a quick summary
>
> 0) Perpetual licenses are yours to use forever, even without support;
>
> 1) Term licenses (use of which must be stopped after term is up) are
> {20, 35, 50, 60, 70}% of perpetual for {1, 2, 3, 4,5} year terms
>
> 2) Support and update (needed for Metalink) is always 22% of perpetual;
>
> 3) Support is an annual fee starting from date of purchase;
>
> 4) Support allows unlimited service requests during the year;
>
> 5) Support allows unlimited patch downloads fpor the licensed systems;
>
> 6) If you bought CD packs, support provides unlimited replacement CD packs
> - when the version changes and new CD pack is available.
>
> 7) Next year you would need to purchase a new license.
>
> Because of 7) I found it much less expensive (over 5 years) to get the
> perpetual license for Personal and renew support annually.
>
> Note that this only permits service requests against Personal Edition,
> which means all features but no RAC.
>
> If you wanted this for Enterprise,
>
> 1) All CPU on machine must be licensed;
> 2) Options are separate;
> 3) Enterprise has a minimum of 25 users per CPU if 'User' based
> - term 1 year, no options = $4,000
> - support = $4,400
> (and by CPU is roughly double the above)
>
> Hope that helps
> --
> Hans Forbrich
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>
Received on Fri Dec 23 2005 - 01:51:27 CST