Can't speak to the processor/user licensing (though it is in keeping with how Microsoft SQL Server is licensed -- seems like a CAL per connection is enough, but MS says no, you must have one per device connecting and each internet user is a device, so therefore save millions of dollars and buy a per-processor license)
But for the development side, Oracle used to have a $200 developer subscription. Been two years since I had one, but it gave you the Oracle db on a particular OS (eg linux or windows) and what read like a developer license. Of course it may have all changed. It was sort of like MSDN or MM DevNet. Maybe it was called Oracle Developer's Network (ODN?). If that is the case, $200x7 is probably FAR less than another Oracle license :) Regards, John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haggerty, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:46 AM Subject: OT: Oracle Licensing > I just completed a call with the Oracle rep (who is a salesman) for my > organization and received some feedback about our licensing that has me > more than a little confused. I am wondering if anyone can offer some > insight or advice to help me understand the situation. > > Back in 1999, our organization purchased parallel licenses for 2 Oracle > servers with 8 concurrent users. My understanding (and our CIOs) was > that ColdFusion would count as 1 user on each machine and we would have > 7 developers on each box. Additionally, our understanding was that we > need no licenses for a development box. > > The person I just spoke to explained that these licenses are not valid > for the purpose of distributing information over the Internet (i.e. that > using CF, PHP or anything else to draw data from the server) and that we > will need to migrate to a per-processor model immediately in order to be > in compliance. He also said that using a copy of Oracle for development > purposes would require that we purchase licenses for the development > boxes as well (which, incidentally, is at the same cost as a full blown > production server). > > Before I contact the sales representative we originally spoke to on the > matter, I wanted to see if anyone has had similar experiences or is > familiar with the Oracle concurrent user licensing model in regards to > the use of dynamic Web pages. I am thinking that under the terms of the > license we originally purchased should cover the use of ColdFusion and > that this guy is just trying to get me to buy stuff. > > M > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
