Re: Dev/test databases price

From: Mark D Powell <Mark.Powell2_at_hp.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 09:47:43 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <e41c7f46-0bd8-44ec-b80e-b9922484b190_at_26g2000yqv.googlegroups.com>

On Oct 9, 7:35 am, "bob123" <nom..._at_nowhere.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Our sales representant says us we have to pay for dev/test databases
> Is it normal to pay for dev/test database ?
> What is the general price policy ?
>
> Thanks

Try looking at these documents:

http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/sig.pdf http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/eplext.pdf

Part of the answer depends on what kind of License you purchase: cpu vs named, and how you configure your environment such as placing test and production on the same machine. You can get your license to cover a single or multiple machines. If you buy X number of named users some of them can be production and some can be test/development. There is a lot of variety in the license process depending on what is negotiated. Oracle definition of 'development' is also a factor.

HTH -- Mark D Powell -- Received on Sat Oct 09 2010 - 11:47:43 CDT