I may be wrong, but I thought Oracle was still a per processor license, even under z/Linux. A dozen Oracles on a zprocessor is cheaper than the same on dedicated Intel boxen.
Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State Univsersity > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:23 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: z/Linux > > >Because > >1. The pricing scheme would be expected to be "cheaper" > > Why? Oracle is not cheaper under z/LINUX. > > >2. Therefore many would drop their z/OS (expensive) license > > They're already cheaper under UNIX & Windows. > > >3. Thus SAS Institute total revenue might suffer. > > Might! NOT will. > And, I believe the whole argument to be specious. > SAS has already moved to 'cheaper' platforms, and I don't see SAS > Institute going belly up! > > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
