Re: Beware Oracle's new license structure COST $$$$$

From: Van Messner <vmessner_at_bestweb.net>
Date: 2000/06/27
Message-ID: <ox565.459$I76.32519@monger.newsread.com>#1/1

In our case the net cost increase was high enough to make us switch to some non-Oracle products. Perhaps this is one way Oracle plans to deal with too rapid growth.

Van

<alistair.thomson_at_sphinxcst.co.uk> wrote in message news:8jag55$dc1$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Yeah - but licence costs have come down. £100 per user on standard ed
> and £375 per user for Enterprise.....
>
> In article <8jae9a$dt9$1_at_hammer.msfc.nasa.gov>,
> ned.baringer_at_maf.nasa.gov (Ned) wrote:
> > Anyone upgrading gardware or purchasing new software BEWARE. Oracle
does not
> > have concurrent user license anymore. You paid by NAMED user or by a
power unit
> > which is a calculation of # of cpu's times some factor. We are
upgrading 2 -Sun
> > servers and the initial license is up by 5 times. Check it out...
> >
> >
>
>
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Received on Tue Jun 27 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT