RE: Oracle pricing ain't going down

Mladen, Mogens - If Oracle were to slash prices, there are several factors to consider. First, what does that do to Oracle's bottom line? Would sales increase dramatically enough to keep overall revenue from falling? I think the stagnant economy over the last few years has been tough on everyone and there aren't a lot of extra dollars to be found.

   Second, how would Microsoft and IBM react? Years ago, Oracle's main competitors were Sybase and Informix, database companies like Oracle. Now the main competitors are Microsoft and IBM, where database revenues are a minor portion of their revenues, at least that is my impression. Maybe not a smart idea to start a price war with someone that is not very dependent on database revenues.

Dennis Williams
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On 2003.10.27 00:34, Mogens Nørgaard wrote:

> I have this radical idea that Oracle should include RAC in SE at no extra

> price (I think that would spread the product fast :) ),

That would, quite likely, be the end of RAC. RAC is a great tool for those who
need it, but it's far too complex for the "general public", if such creature

exists. Mass deployment of RAC would be likely to overextend support and give
the product itself a bad rap and cause a huge controversy which would probably
result in a significant product deterioration. That would be shame, because

clustered databases can be extremely useful in the environments that need them. Having a bunch of PHB types trying to do "10 Teraflops on my database"

would probably result in a disaster for the product itself.

In other words, if oracle is getting slammed by the competition, they should

cut prices across the board and not get creative with the options. I believe

that the ultra cheap version for $150/seat is a step in the right direction.

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