All servers are running IBM Aix here, so I hope DB2 UDB will work correctly. For the price, IBM is giving us 25% cheaper any Oracle price. The database will be bundled with all IBM's BI software.
On the negative side, DB2 has not a big and accessible community like Oracle. On the web you can find a lot of good Oracle sites (orapub, hotsos, Steve Adams, J lewis, Miracleas,...) and this list , with DB2 the community is way smaller. Stephane Paquette Administrateur de bases de donnees Database Administrator Standard Life www.standardlife.ca Tel. (514) 499-7999 7470 and (514) 925-7187 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- Ryan Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 2:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L how does DB2 compare to oracle cost wise? what about hard ware? does db2 require more hard ware than oracle does? how does its features compare? ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 2:24 PM > > One of my previous employers had a site license. Not a huge > site, but not too small either. About 5000 employees, lots > of IT in that business. > > Not only a site license, but a 72% discount. We had a *good* > negotiator. > > Jared > > On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 00:34, Mogens Nørgaard wrote: > > There's one thing that IBM can do, which Microsoft and Oracle can't > > offer: They do site licenses as well as cpu and user licensing. That > > just gives them an incredible advantage to management and others who can > > stop thinking about whether they should buy another server, move stuff > > from one server to the other, etc. I can't believe Oracle and Microsoft > > are not doing it (I think I can guess, but it's still not good). > > > > Mladen Gogala wrote: > > > > >I believe that the answer to Stephane's question is obvious: > > >Oracle 10g will cost 10 grands/ CPU. That's where the letter "g" > > >is coming from. > > > > > >-- > > >Mladen Gogala > > >Oracle DBA > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >DENNIS WILLIAMS > > >Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 5:30 PM > > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > >Stephane > > > We've been very excited about Oracle Standard Edition. Helped stave off > > >the interest in MS SQL. Given the budget pressures at many organizations, > > >I'm surprised we don't hear more about this alternative. > > > > > >Dennis Williams > > >DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA > > >Lifetouch, Inc. > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:09 PM > > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > >Hi all, > > > > > >We're an Oracle shop, over 140 Oracle instances. > > >Today, architecture has chosen IBM DB2 for BI projects. > > >The next step I guessed will be to choose DB2 for the new transactionnal > > >applications also. > > > > > >IBM offers DB2 at 25% less than Oracle. > > > > > >I wonder if Oracle 10G will come with a new pricing structure ? > > > > > > > > >Stephane Paquette > > >Administrateur de bases de donnees > > >Database Administrator > > >Standard Life > > >www.standardlife.ca > > >Tel. (514) 499-7999 7470 and (514) 925-7187 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mogens_N=F8rgaard?= > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Jared Still > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ryan INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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