Re: Oracle licence question

Sorry this is pure nonsense. I've yet to see a single example, in recent
years, of Oracle being more expensive than SQL Server. In fact I think
the exact opposite is true.


I've searched for a comparison of features between SQL Server 2005
(Workgroup, Standard, Enterprise) and Oracle Standard and I don't seem to be
able to find it - can you supply a URL for us to go visit.

It would appear for £2,000 per physical processor (that means you pay for
one even though its dual core) for the workgoup edition more than meets most
company needs, you also have a free hot standby via database mirroring, log
shipping or clustering (in workgroup edition), I can't seem to work out the
Oracle price but for a 2 proc machine (dual core for instance) it starts to
get silly.

I doubt you'll reply with facts, more like a rant - but its worth a try.

--
Tony Rogerson
SQL Server MVP
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"DA Morgan" <damorgan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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joebayer wrote:
Group,

Oracle is so expensive, often time, managers chose SQL server over Oracle
only because of the expense, and it is sad to see all those new projects
go to SQL server group. (Our shop do not do any in house software
development, only vendor application, and all vendor applications support
both Oracle and SQL)

Sorry this is pure nonsense. I've yet to see a single example, in recent
years, of Oracle being more expensive than SQL Server. In fact I think
the exact opposite is true.

Certainly if you compare the two Enterprise Editions because you think
the name on the marketing literature is more important than the feature
sets this will be true. But if you compare equals ... Oracle Standard
Edition to SQL Server Enterprise it is not. And even with this
comparison Oracle has a far richer feature set including substantially
greater security and built-in ability to comply with government auditing
regulations.

I have one question here:

Is it possible for us only to buy Oracle licence without paying for the
annual support?

Yes. I think it is short-sighted but possible.

All I need is accessing metalink website, and my other projects have
already provided such access.

Then why are you even buying another license? Why not just use your
existing licensed database and create another schema?

Thanks for your comments or suggestions as how to make Oracle competitive
in terms of price, what kind of option do I have here?

If you can show me a comparison of equals where Oracle is more
expensive than SQL Server I would be very appreciative.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(replace x with u to respond)


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