On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Orlando Andico wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Ian C.Sison wrote:
> ..
> > How about ths: forget about the cost of user licenses and oodles of
> > hardware for oracle, and just run linux+postgress on a solid state
> > disk.
>
> How about this: BPI uses Postgres+Linux on a solid state disk. A bank run
> ensues. :)
I don't know if that's a comment on Postgres or our economy. :)
> Seriously, Oracle's All New Pricing is pretty decent -- $1000/year/CPU on
> INtel Linux. You get a minimum 2-year lease (no more sales this time, but
> at least you now get "free" version upgrades).
Where'd you get that pricing? store.oracle.com lists $750 for a "Named
User Multi Server" license. Not bad, considering what you're getting.
What's the pricing on MS SQL these days?
Unfortunately, a professional DBA will still costs in the 6-figure range.
Brian
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