Stephan,
There have already been a pile of replies to your statements, which are all
true, but one does get left out. You get DB2 at 25% off because there's 50% less in
there. If you like OEM and/or the management server, forget it. You have to buy it
elsewhere, and I believe CA has the best one out there at 200% the cost. On the other
hand, Oracle really does have to do something to get rid of the "Platinum plated"
label. Their emphasis on using SE vs. EE has been pretty strong lately.
Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified 8i DBA
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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
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