Re: MS SQL Server vs Oracle vs DB2 (&Sybase too)

cheaper does not always mean better, for a cheaper solution to Oracle but still a robust solution maybe one should check out Informix

Larry wrote:

> It is well known in the industry that DB2 is much cheaper than Oracle.
>
> Davide Bianchi wrote:
>
> > Pay attention also to the client licence fee. I remember that MS want a
> > licence for each CLIENT accessing the database in an Intranet environment,
> > this means that if you have 1000 users, you need 1000 licences (!!!!).
> >
> > > Oracle is 3X the price of DB2 on nearly every platform.
> >
> > What ???? The last time I saw prices, Oracle was around 250$, how DB2 can be
> > cheaper ?
> > Davide
Received on Fri May 26 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT