From: Wesley Darlington (wesley at domain blackstar.co.uk)
Date: Tue 12 Jun 2001 - 10:51:43 IST
Hello,
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 10:41:48AM +0100, David Murphy wrote:
> Quoting <3B25CACC.7CE3A432 at domain bicsystems.com>
> by Andrew Kemmy <andrew.kemmy at domain bicsystems.com>:
>
> > Has anyone purchased Oracle for (SuSE) Linux for use in a commercial
> > environment ? - I have the software already from OTN, but would like
> > a license to use it commercially for about 15 Oracle developers.
>
> For an idea of how much, see http://store.oracle.com, but have a
> first-aid qualified colleague stand by when you do, in case you need
> to be resuscitated.
While I applaud the warning - one should always have an oracle-qualified
first aid person on standby when investigating oracle pricing for the
first time - things mightn't be *that* bad:
If only a few people are going to actually /use/ it, he might be able
to get away with only a dozen or two `named user single server'
`two-year' licences. While still a few grand (even for the `enterprise
edition'), at least it's not a few hundred grand.
Mind you, I'm sure it would be appropriate to have a chat with oracle's
sales team before parting with cash and/or settling on postgresql.
:-),
Wesley.
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