so, if i have a system that runs with mysql or postgresql, what are the business benefits of having it also run with oracle? does it make sense to raise the price if the client opt to use oracle?
or do those clients who can pay for an oracle license belong to the market where SAP, Oracle, & others dominate? why is oracle focusing on linux? does this mean big companies are starting to not-want-to-pay other platforms? of course we know that the percent of product revenue is going down in comparison to support revenue, except maybe for microsoft and adobe.* is it still true that IBM is still the largest database vendor?* *The Business of Software: What Every Manager, Programmer, and Entrepreneur Must Know to Thrive and Survive in Good Times and Bad. Michael A. Cusumano On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Orlando Andico <[email protected]> wrote: > At the risk of diverging this thread again... > > I gave some more thought to Joebert's assertions. There are a couple > things to consider: > > 1) compliance is not bling. For example if you want to interconnect > with MasterCard's network, you NEED to be PCI-DSS compliance. This > compliance is audited by say SGS. > > 2) If you want to store financial data from US-domiciled entities, you > need to comply with Sarbenes-Oxley regulations. Again this is the law. > > 3) If you want to store health-care data, you need to comply with HIPAA. > > Now I am not saying these things cannot be done with open-source. But > it's a lot harder. For example PCI-DSS requires role separation > between the data owner and the DBA. Can this be done with MySQL? I > think not. This is to say nothing of the root user! also, data on the > disk and over the wire must be encrypted. True you can use SSL or an > encrypting file system for this, but it's not a "validated" solution. > > Financial services and health care is big business. If you were a bank > with a large turnover, would you go with a Free solution, or one > backed by a billion-dollar company? > > Another assertion I'll make (which may be controversial) is that in > the long run, Free solutions are not necessarily cheaper than Closed > ones. While it is true that the license cost is negligible, ongoing > support costs are comparable and may be more -- if for example you > cannot Go To Market in time because you're still DIY'ing your > solution. > > Free solutions have their place -- if you have a crack tech team or > you're a startup. But most large companies don't have the luxury of > hiring the Joeberts and Foolers of this world -- they have to make do > with grunts and their personnel churn is high. In such a case, you > need to have a single neck to strangle, and that's the large Closed > Source vendor. > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Discover the meaning of the Middle East Conflict... http://www.discoveries08.org/schedule Winelfred G. Pasamba Adventist University of the Philippines Online Information Systems _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
