Re: Oracle will cost me just $15?

For Oracle Standard Edition, If you license by named user, the licensing minimum is 5, which brings the total cost to $800, plus $176 annually for upgrades and support.

"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:92vcib$bsq$1_at_soap.pipex.net...
> however a single user licence will cost just $160 dollars.... This would
> appear to be the minimum you could pay for a perpetual single user only
> licence. Compares well to access now i think of such a situation.
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> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
> "Spencer" <spencerp_at_swbell.net> wrote in message
> news:DA946.53$7T1.122427_at_nnrp3.sbc.net...
> > for single-user development, oracle will grant you a trial license
> > free of charge. if more than one user accesses the database,
> > or the database is accessed for production use, or you require
> > support, then you will need to pay for a license. the terms of the
> > license agreement are available from the oracle store.
> >
> > the $15 price you are seeing is for an "unlimited user" (vs. a
> > "named user" license. the $15 is the unit price is for a single
> > "universal power unit". this has to be multiplied by the number
> > of "universal power units", which is calculated from the total
> > processor speed of the machine. details are available from
> > the oracle store.
> >
> > for example, a "power unit" license for a single 233MHz Pentium
> > would total $3,495, plus another 22% (annually) for support and
> > upgrades, less any applicable volume discount, plus tax.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > "billabyte" <billabyte_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:83J36.125480$iy3.27840756_at_news1.rdc1.tn.home.com...
> > > If I want to purchase Oracle 8i Standard Edition to do some personal
> > > development, it will only cost me $15 to licsense it?
> > >
> > > Or should I just get it for free from OTN?
> > >
> > > I am referring to the "Perpetual" licsense is the Oracle Store.
> > >
> > > I thought it use to be about $420.
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Received on Wed Jan 03 2001 - 20:22:17 CST