Re: Bye Oracle.

From: buckeye234 <member_at_dbforums.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:08:53 +0000
Message-ID: <2074128.1037909333@dbforums.com>

How many processors were you running on? $1,000,000 implies 25 processors at the $40k/processor list price for Enterprise edition. This is the most you would have had to pay. Oracle always negotiates on price.

Are you saying you can out SQL server on 25 processors for $10K ($400/processor) and DB2 UDB on 25 processors for $20K ($800/processor).

And were these all top level versions of the databases (Enterprise Edition)?
I agree that Oracle is more expensive than the others, but I can't believ it is 100 times more expensive.

IF you could provide more detail, it would be great. It's claims like these that make my life miserable when management see's them.

Patrick

Originally posted by Chuck
> "Karsten Farrell" wrote in message
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> > NorwoodThree wrote:
> > > Our company is trying to phase out Oracle in favor of SQL
> Server due
> > > to licensing costs for our data warehouse.
> > >
> > > I dont want to cause a huge thread, but is there a link
> somewhere that
> > > explains the disadvantages to this? I dont know anything
> about SQL
> > > Server. I know there have been threads as to "Oracle vs. SQL
> Server"
> > > but it doesnt answer my question directly. I want to stick
> with
> > > Oracle.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > Call your Oracle sales person. I'm sure they have *lots* of
> white papers
> > that will tell you why Oracle is better than SQL Server.

> I don't think anyone here would argue that Oracle is the better
> database.
> The question is whether it's better enough to justify the higher
> price tag.
> Not long ago our company priced licensing on a new DB to support a
> web based
> app. 99.99% of the users would be internal. .01% would access
> it via the
> internet. The price for Oracle was over $1,000,000. Sql server
> was around

$10,000 and DB2 was around $20,000. Oracle's pricing made it a no brainer.

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