Of course, this pricing bears no relation to actual reality.  70% discounts
off list, especially on the addons like RAC, are not uncommon.  You just
have to push a bit. :)

Matt 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Hemant K Chitale
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:55 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Fwd: RE: RAC for download -- re RAC Pricing and Partitioning
> 
> 
> 
> oops, I forgot to mention Partitioning pricing.
> Partitioning is also listed seperately under Enterprise 
> Edition options. This is 25% of the EE price.
> 
> Thus, EE is US$40K per CPU.  RAC is US$60K per CPU [40K + 
> 20K]. Partitioning is US$50K per CPU [40K + 10K]  and RAC 
> with Partitioning would 
> be US$70K per CPU !
> Data Mining, OLAP, Advanced Security, Spatial and Label 
> Security are also seperately priced options.
> 
> Hemant
> 
> >Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:46:40 +0800
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >From: Hemant K Chitale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: RAC for download -- re RAC Pricing
> >
> >
> >Check oraclestore.com.   The default page just shows you the pricing
> >for the DB  EE, true.
> >However, when you click on "Database" under Products in the 
> left panel, 
> >you can see "Oracle Enterprise Edition Options" listed 
> seperately from 
> >"Oracle Database". RAC is under Enterprise Edition Options 
> while EE is 
> >under Database and the RAC price is 50% of the EE price.
> >
> >Thus, an RAC price is 150% of an EE price.
> >Hemant
> >
> >At 11:44 AM 24-09-03 -0800, you wrote:
> >>My dear friend, you're wrong. That practice has stopped with 8i. 
> >>Partitioning option *is* an integral part of 9iEE without an 
> >>additional check to sign. I got a verbal confirmation from 
> my oracle 
> >>sales rep and I'll try getting a written (email) one as well.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Mladen Gogala
> >>Oracle DBA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> >> > Behalf Of Mogens Nørgaard
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 2:30 PM
> >> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >> > Subject: Re: RAC for download
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I've seen the same kind of confusion with respect to the 
> >> > partitioning option, where people have been informed by 
> their sales 
> >> > rep that partitioning option is part of EE. Well, yes, 
> if you pay 
> >> > extra for it.
> >> >
> >> > Mogens
> >> >
> >> > Hemant K Chitale wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > If the question is about price [referring to oraclestore], 
> >> > > remember that RAC is an option and is generally at a 
> 50% premium 
> >> > > on the EE cost.
> >> > >
> >> > > However, Mladen is right in that RAC is on the same CDs as the 
> >> > > Enterprise Edition. If your servers are cluster-ready, the OUI 
> >> > > automatically
> >> > includes RAC as
> >> > > an installation option,  else, RAC does not apear in 
> the Oracle 
> >> > > product list when you run the Installer.
> >> > >
> >> > > Hemant
> >> > >
> >> > > At 06:54 AM 24-09-03 -0800, you wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> RAC is a part of the EE version, for whichever OS you
> >> > have. You will
> >> > >> still need
> >> > >> to purchase the hardware.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >> --
> >> > >> Mladen Gogala
> >> > >> Oracle DBA
> >> > >>
> >> > >>     -----Original Message-----
> >> > >>     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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> >> > >>     Behalf Of quriyat
> >> > >>     Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:05 AM
> >> > >>     To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >> > >>     Subject: RAC for download
> >> > >>
> >> > >>     Hello all
> >> > >>
> >> > >>     Where can i get RAC for download? I don't see one in
> >> > OTN. Oracle
> >> > >>     store puts a high tag?
> >> > >>
> >> > >>     Thanks
> >> > >>
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