At the risk of answering even thought some want to kill this thread, I suspect that a considerable number of those gas guzzlers were sold to small businesses who have been given a HUGE incentive to buy vehicles over 6,000 pounds. I consider THAT a bigger problem than the numbers of people who would have bought them anyway.
I think that in general, companies try to get a big bang for the buck. When they decide that SQL Server is a good idea, they are thinking that they can get big things on little boxes and this will save them money or give them an advance in the integration of their windows software with their database. Even with Oracle, I don't think that most of it is a muscle-flexing thing, but I could be wrong. --dawn Dawn M. Wolthuis Tincat Group, Inc. www.tincat-group.com Take and give some delight today. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Will > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 9:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [U2] Cost of Oracle vs PICK > > When you can explain why people purchase huge, gas-guzzling 4 wheel drive > vehicles that will never be "off-road" maybe you will know why companies > Must > have Oracle! > > Patrick "Will" Williams, President > American Computer Technics, Inc. > 919-567-0042 Raleigh, NC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dawn M. Wolthuis > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 1:47 PM > Subject: RE: [U2] Cost of Oracle vs PICK > > > But people keep making this seeming mistake. Does their company get so > much > better that they make up these costs in new revenue or what? --dawn > > Dawn M. Wolthuis > Tincat Group, Inc. > www.tincat-group.com > > Take and give some delight today. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:04 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [U2] Cost of Oracle vs PICK > > > > In talking to companies that have converted to Oracle from PICK the > cost > > seems > > to be running around five times the annual cost on their annual budget > > once the > > system has been installed. That does not include the many millions > that > > can be > > spent in the conversion process. > > Larry Okeson VP > > Software Search Atlanta > > 800-949-5423 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
