Re: SQL Server Yukon

Niall Litchfield wrote:

>"Burt Peltier" <burttemp1ReMoVeThIs_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>news:egsnb.70512$W77.9877_at_bignews6.bellsouth.net...
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>>If you really,really hate the idea of running any database on a single
>>processor, then just get the Standard Edition at around $300/User .
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>>Either one runs on Linux and also saves a bunch of money by not having to
>>buy Windows too.
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>>Sql server + Windows vs. Oracle + Linux ... which is cheaper ? Sounds like
>>M$ is the expensive one now.
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>Well mssql std edition is $146/per user and $667 for the server on a per
>user basis.
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And with all of that you still can't write a before trigger or a compressed index or build
a global temporary table or get reads without blocking writes, or writes without blocking
reads, or unlimited locks, or log files that don't crash if a transaction is too large.

Sounds like $667 for only about 50% of the functional tools. And if you don't need all of
those Oracle tools ... why not put the $667 back in your pocket and just get MySQL?

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