Re: UK Based New Guy Seeks Your Help

Sheridan Simove wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm a TV Producer from London building an exciting e-business and my build
> involves using an Oracle Database.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Is there anywhere I can get a copy of the database for development
> purposes only ?
>

Yes, almost all of their software is available for free on http://technet.oracle.com (free membership)

>
> 2) Where do I buy the database, which one do I need and roughly how much is
> each license ?
>

http://oraclestore.oracle.com
The standard edition costs 15$ per CPU unit (megaherz, risc cpus are rated x 1.5) or 5.25$ for a 2 year license. For example if you use a box with a single 550 hz Intel PIII you'll have to pay about 7000$ for perpatual or about 3000$ for a 2-years license...
The enterprise edition is 100$ per unit (perpatual) or 35$ for 2 years...

>
> Many thanks
>
> Sheridan Simove
>
> Please email me back at sheridan_at_simove.com
Received on Sat Jul 01 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT