Re: Oracle Pricing Costs are Absurdly High

dleung_at_corsa.ucr.edu (Chi-Wai Leung) writes:

:Yes, I agree
 

:Oracle, Sybase, Informix , Ingres are charging too much , especially
:for unix platformm.
 

:It is almost impossible for medium to small company to use
:some "Decent" software.
 

:But other cheaper database product like Dataflex (4GL) , is not
:too good.

I find this somewhat ironic. It reminds me of a sign I saw once:

             Cheap, Fast, Accurate. Choose any 2.

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Michael Nolan, Sysop for the DBMS RoundTable on GEnie
nolan_at_notes.tssi.com, dbms_at_genie.geis.com
(posted from nolan_at_helios.unl.edu)


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