Ted Roche <> wrote: > The case study you cite doesn't supply enough information to explain > why a vendor or their customer (BYU) is paying $75k (annually, I > suspect) to distribute a database about 300 courses. That does sound > awfully suspicious.
I wish they broke out the true costs associated with the server OS costs and the database costs. Going to the free DB2 version makes sense for IBM to tout. You don't need the W-OS because it will run on Linux. And it's small enough a system to live in our free space. Much like the M$ or Oracle versions of "free." Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/581 - Release Date: 12/9/2006 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
