RE: Oracle vs DB2

We run our web servers on Oracle Standard Edition.

Regards,
Patrice Boivin
Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)

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        From:   TCarlson_at_bunge.com [SMTP:TCarlson_at_bunge.com]
        Sent:   Tuesday, April 24, 2001 6:00 PM
        To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
        Subject:        RE: Oracle vs DB2


        I just bought 3 STANDARD UPC server licenses for our site. We saved
275K by
        not using Enterprise. Email me if you want the details. Walt is
right, they
        are lying to you. (The concept of trusting salespersons for
technical
        issues is inherently wrong.)

        HTH,
        Todd Carlson
        Oracle 8i Certified DBA
        Bunge Corporation



        

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                            04/24/2001

                            03:16 PM

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        That's absolutely not true, Dennis. We've purchased Oracle Standard
Edition
        for serving web pages, and no one at Oracle told us we could not.

        I think you need to find some other salescritters. You're being
taken for a
        ride.

        --Walt Weaver
          Bozeman, Montana, USA

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        At 01:13 PM 4/24/01 -0400, you wrote:


        >    But, I believe your comparing apples to oranges.  DB2 UDB

Workgroup is
        not


        >the equal of Oracle Enterprise.  If you want to compare apples &

apples,
        try

        Yes, but in order to put an Oracle database on the web, I HAVE TO
USE
        ENTERPRISE EDITION! The salescritters say so. It has to be unlimited
users.
        To repeat: I cannot (legally) put an Oracle database on an
        internet-accessible web page unless it is an unlimited-user
        (power-units-based) Enterprise edition version of Oracle. Let me put
it
        another way: I HAVE TO USE ENTERPRISE EDITION!

        Now, it may be that every salescritter I've talked to is wrong about
that,
        but if so, what can I do? Reach through the phone, grab them by the
throat,
        and demand answers? (Not to say I don't *want* to....)

        I'm not actually comparing apples to oranges if you look at it from
my POV:
        I'm comparing the lowest cost to do what I want using Oracle, to the
lowest
        cost to do what I want using DB2. If Oracle demands that I use
Enterprise
        Edition with unlimited users, then that's their price.



        Dennis Taylor
        --------------------------------
        Beware of false economies.

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