Re: Licensing Question
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:50:11 -0600
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Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:50:11 -0600
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Noons wrote:
> Dereck L. Dietz wrote,on my timestamp of 5/03/2009 8:09 AM:
>> I just want to know if this is something I can bring up during a >> budget meeting later this week. >> >> If we have two servers. One will be production and the other strictly >> development/testing but only one license for Enterprise Edition is it >> possible to have Enterprise Edition on the development server too or >> does that violate Oracle licensing?
>
> It violates the licensing. I just updated all our licenses precisely
> because of that. We went with named user licenses for development, but
> even those have to be purchased in minimum lots per cpu core in use!
> Fortunately I was able to pick SE for some of the dbs, so that took a
> bit of the sting out of the whole thing.
> DAMHKIT, the boss is still reeling from the bill...
As I keep stating, not all Oracle contracts and licensing agreements are the same and I doubt you would find any two that are alike. Their website is a good start but CANNOT answer the question for YOUR site.
Licensing questions should only be addressed to YOUR Oracle sales person because all crystal balls have a firewall and cannot see your agreement. Received on Thu Mar 05 2009 - 15:50:11 CST