I don't think your far from the mark. SQL Server is cheaper and on paper
functionally equivalent to Oracle. But, for implementations of over 25
users you must buy a processor license for SQL Server, a license for
which there is no upgrade path. So when MS pushes out "SQL Server 2000"
(already on the market) and then "SQL Server 200x", and "SQL Server
yo-yo", while dropping support for Server 2000. You must upgrade at $20k
a processor, so after 5 years MS has as much of your money as Oracle,
they were just sneaker about it. For small work group use, SQL Server
beats Oracle price wise, but if you need lots of users online, the
pricing equals out.
>From looking over MS pricing model, it seems to me that SQL Server is
really priced toward organizations that have out grown Access. But MS
markets it as an equivalent product to Oracle. Maybe just more MS FUD?
>Kimberly Smith - [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 4/25/2001 5:33 PM writes
us:
>I find a lot of the discussions about Oracle's pricing be too much when not
>taking into account anything else way to funny.
>First off, yes I could get SQL Server for a whole lot less then Oracle but I
>sure would not be able to run the fab on it.
>You simply can't compare one thing to another thing and say they do the same
>thing. Now I would do a small application
>that is not critical in SQL Server if there was no Oracle in house already.
>As for DB2, it has a few issues where if you
>try and do certain things you really do end up very close to an Oracle
>price.
>
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