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Re: Oracle licence question

From: Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 11:29:26 -0800
Message-ID: <rYidnYatwp4LnJ_ZRVn-uA@comcast.com>


Tony Rogerson wrote:

>

>>The price for Oracle Standard Edition One on a dual core machine is $4995 
>>US or 2902 GBP.

>
>
> Is that for unlimited users though?

Yes

> Because its dual-core (2 CPU's) I should
> add another 75% to that price?

No - not with the Standard Editions

> Check out http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/15/oracle_core_pricing/ which
> sums it up nicely.
> And it gets even more complicated! A sharp Register reader forwards this
> advisory from Oracle's finer print:
>
> "A multicore chip with 11 cores would require a 9 processor license (11
> multiplied by a factor of .75 equals 8.25 which is then rounded up to the
> next whole number which is 9)."

Note that the pricing structures quoted in the Register is for multicores machines that SQLServer doesn't run on - such as the IBM hardware, and also the Niagra. There are no 11 core machines Received on Sun Feb 26 2006 - 13:29:26 CST

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