how do oracle costs compare to DB2? Anyone use that? I dont have any experience in pricing.
----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:24 AM > Ryan > Comparing the costs are very difficult. You must carefully verify you have > included all the costs, such as support. > Oracle has Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. Microsoft has > Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. From my analysis, they are not > comparable (SE to SE or EE to EE). If you are considering MS SQL, you have > probably decided you don't need the features of Oracle EE. If you feel you > don't need the features in Microsoft EE you should probably consider MySQL. > Therefore I feel that for most sites the comparison comes down to Oracle SE > vs. MS SQL EE. If you factor in all the support costs, I found that Oracle > SE was actually a little cheaper than MS SQL EE. I did that comparison over > a year ago, so the prices may be slightly different today. And in your > situation one or both vendors may be willing to reduce their price. > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 6:19 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > what is the difference in cost between sql server and oracle? oracle claims > its similiar due to sql server needing more hard ware. now that is probably > bull in low end system, but is it accurate in high end systems? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 6:24 PM > > > > My company it's moving all the development efforts to > > SQL Server because the customers don't want to pay > > Oracle licenses anymore.. > > > > Gabriel > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Gabriel Aragon > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Ryan > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ryan INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).