Disclaimer: I am *not* trying to start a religious war, and I am *not*
trying to advocate DB2. I am simply offended. Thus this post.
As some may remember, I'm doing an evaluation of Oracle vs DB2 vs SQLServer
to determine our future direction. Here's a datum that makes a significant
difference to us, dollar-wise.
With Oracle, in order to make a database accessible to the internet through
a web page, you have to buy an unlimited-user enterprise license. We had a
senior sales person in our office yesterday, and we asked this question a
number of different ways. He bobbed and he weaved, but he did not deny it.
And the quote he supplied afterwards does not address the issue at all.
Cost of unlimited-user Enterprise version for our installation (your
mileage may vary) = Approx $160,000 Cdn.
IBM, for the same purpose, will sell you DB2 UDB Workgroup edition (1
user), and something called WE Internet Access, for a total price of $6000
Cdn. I have a written quote from an IBM salescritter to this effect.
$6000. $160,000. $6000. $160,000. Hm. Let me think.....
I respectfully submit that Oracle's pricing structure is out of line with
market realities, and may have to undergo significant revision.
Dennis Taylor
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