Our management has started asking questions about how Oracle's licensing costs compare to other database vendors. Specifically, DB2 and Sql Server. I think I am pretty well armed with the "features" arguments, at least for Oracle vs. Sql Server, but I really have no clue about licensing and support costs for DB2 and Sql Server. Can somebody please provide ballpark numbers? We will be comparing it to Oracle's latest licensing model (https://oraclestore.oracle.com/OA_HTML/ibeCZzpHome.jsp?site=OracleStoreUS&respid=22372). Oracle tells me that support costs are currently 22% of the license per year. Of course, this is prior to any of the black magic which they call "discounting." I would like comparable numbers for the other vendors products. If I get a chance, I'll dig around on the web sites, but I was also curious to know if the other vendors practice "discounting."
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