Path: text.usenetserver.com!out04b.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in04.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!post01.iad01!not-for-mail Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:56:36 -0800 From: DA Morgan Organization: Puget Sound Oracle Users Group User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Installing MS-SQL and Oracle into a same server References: <68f4c7ba-bea6-4624-a19f-d606a930396c@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <1196710055.72567@bubbleator.drizzle.com> <7e2d837a-2ea2-4512-a8a1-0291512aa074@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <1196788162.945882@bubbleator.drizzle.com> <59g5j.2191$zw.1471@newsfe3-win.ntli.net> In-Reply-To: <59g5j.2191$zw.1471@newsfe3-win.ntli.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1196801789.746995@bubbleator.drizzle.com> Cache-Post-Path: bubbleator.drizzle.com!unknown@216.162.218.178 X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Lines: 40 X-Complaints-To: abuse@csolutions.net Xref: usenetserver.com comp.databases.oracle.server:438668 X-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:31:10 EST (text.usenetserver.com) Preston wrote: > DA Morgan wrote: > >> Preston wrote: >> >>> Contrary to what Daniel says, your requirement is entirely feasible, >>> *depending* on usage. I mainly deal with very small companies >>> (typically fewer than 10 users) >> That pretty much says it all doesn't it. >> >> You might want to reconsider your point of disagreement since you have >> no idea the size of the OP's organization. > > Err... neither do you - which was my point. Which is why I emphasised > 'depending on usage'. > >> I know hot dog stands that employ more than 10 people. > > And? I know you struggle with people disagreeing with you, but are the > childish put-downs really necessary? I was merely stating the fact that > there are numerous small companies surviving quite happily with > multi-function servers, so to claim that thinking about doing the same > is crazy is obviously incorrect, without knowing anything about the > usage. > > Besides, I said '10 users' [of our system], not '10 people'. The intent was not a put down. But the reality of the size organization that is a typical Oracle customer is just a bit larger than 10 connected users. At $40K list price per CPU for EE versus the cost per named user the math is reasonably simple. Try it for SE too if you wish. -- Daniel A. Morgan Oracle Ace Director & Instructor University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.org