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

On Sun, 28 May 2000, Adam Ruth wrote:

> That's one nice thing about DB2. The workgroup edition tops out at $2,800
> for an Internet Connection License, and around $500 for the server license.
> With the Internet Connection License, you can have an unlimited number of
> internal and external client connections. With SQL Server, Oracle, and
> Sybase (I don't know about Informix), you'll still be paying for additional
> users as you add them.

With Oracle's new licensing-formula-of-the-week, you pay for power units based on the processing power of the machine and can load as many users on to it as you want.

david

> "Michael D. Long" <lead_dog_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:85hY4.1542$O.11032_at_news1.atl...
> >
> > The last time I read the license in-depth, per server vs. per
> > seat must be determined for the entire enterprise. The license
> > did not allow you to set up connections to one server as "per
> > server" and another "per seat".
> >
> > Even under per server you would still need a 1000 seat server
> > license to handle 1000 concurrent user connections.
> >
> > --
> > Michael D. Long
> > http://extremedna.homestead.com
> >
> >
> > "Neil Pike" <100577.553_at_compuserve.com> wrote in message
> > news:VA.00000d8f.00217173_at_compuserve.com...
> > > Davide,
> > >
> > > > Pay attention also to the client licence fee. I remember that MS want
 a
> > > > licence for each CLIENT accessing the database in an Intranet
 environment,
> > > > this means that if you have 1000 users, you need 1000 licences (!!!!).
> > >
> > > Not true. You could have the server set-up in per-server mode. In
 per-seat mode you would need 1000.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Oracle is 3X the price of DB2 on nearly every platform.
> > > >
> > > > What ???? The last time I saw prices, Oracle was around 250$, how DB2
 can be
> > > > cheaper ?
> > > > Davide
> > > >
> > >
> > > Neil Pike MVP/MCSE. Protech Computing Ltd
> > > (Please reply only to newsgroups)
> > > SQL FAQ (428 entries) see
> > > forumsb.compuserve.com/gvforums/UK/default.asp?SRV=MSDevApps
 (sqlfaq.zip - L7 - SQL Public)
> > > or www.ntfaq.com/sql.html
> > > or www.sql-server.co.uk
> > > or www.mssqlserver.com/faq
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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