RE: [cobalt-users] Oracle 8i on a RAQ3i

[Colin Smith <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Chuck wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Smith Colin-WCCS07 wrote:
> 
> > It just doesn't make sense to spend a fortune on $20,000 of Oracle licensing
> > and then stick it on low end $2,000 hardware. As the bloke says, go for a
> > lower end db system like MySQL or PostgreSQL or a higher end server box.
> 
> $20,000 worth of oracle is hardly enough to put it on a Pentium 200.
> Oracle is about a few grands for base install with one or two developpers
> allowed on the prod DB, and then $75/MHz. So a Pentium 500 = $37,500!
> (I'm talkin licences for an internet server with unlimited
> users/sessions...)

Yeah, I know it's outrageous. I didn't have their 'Power Units' numbers in
front of me. Seen their profits lately? Still, there are competitors and
Open Source replacements so I think it's a perfume thing.


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