Re: Oracle Server Pricing Scheme

Sybrand Bakker wrote:

> "Michael" <rbtree1_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:tiq3gv2u91cc44_at_news.supernews.com...
> > Few months ago I was contracted to implement a web based/transaction
> > oriented system. I wanted to use Oracle as the database engine in the
> > project. I noticed the pricing schemes were bizarre. Formulas were
 something
> > near:
> >
> > Total Price=BasePrice * PlatFormFactor * NoCPUs * CPUspeed(MHZ)
> > * NoOfLettersinMothersMaidenName * YearOrYourBirth *
> > NoOfPiecesOfToiletPaperUsedToday.
> >
> > Somewhat angered by this attempt by Oracle to squeeze out every last bit
 of
> > money.. I chose MySql. I deployed it in a web/light transaction setting
 and
> > to this month everything has worked well. It is extremely fast and
 reliable
> > and best of all free or inexpensive for embedded use. I like the small
> > footprint as well.
> >
> > My peers have used it sucessfully in high transaction applications.
> > It is open-source.
> >
> > This not meant to be a flame.
> >
> >
>
> Obviously the formula you quote above is a joke, it is simply untrue and a
> clear case of Oracle bashing. Also: you probably never called an Oracle
> sales rep, as it is well known pricing is negotiable.
> So I'm not sure why you state 'This is not intended as a flame' as you
> continue in the rest of your post to compare apples and pears.
> MySql lacks many, many features Oracle has, it even doesn't have row level
> locking. So, I'm not sure you can even think to use it in a 'high-level
> transaction system', whatever that might be in your opinion.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

Obviously? Other than replacing the last few terms with something similarly obscure I found about the same formula when I checked out Oracle's pricing. The joke here is their pricing. And I called an Oracle sales rep-nothing that I call negotiating, all I got was a quote for the specific scenario I asked about. Since I was investigating different options I suppose I could have gotten a quote for every different scenario-about 80 in all-but I didn't think it was worthwhile. Received on Tue Jun 19 2001 - 17:02:47 CDT