RE: oracle EE pricing

I have clients who have operated for years without a support agreement (and without patching). But I would not voluntarily choose this myself, though.

I am curious, would this still be acceptable to Oracle? I have always assumed that you are only allowed to play with it, for testing and learning. The moment you attach a business around it, you have to part with money, even if you do not need patching and support.

Please do not infer that I am putting you in a tight corner. I have thought twice before sending this, but concluded you would be okay since you are the one who brought it up in the first place.

Bill

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org<mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org<mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org>] On Behalf Of Veres Lajos Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 5:41 AM To: Oracle-L_at_freelists.org<mailto:Oracle-L_at_freelists.org> Subject: oracle EE pricing

Hi,

I dont understand something about pricing. This page says:
https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=ostore:product:86489432026629::NO:RP,3:P3_LPI,P3_PROD_HIER_ID:4509382199341805719938,4509958287721805720011

Perpetual license/cpu: 47,500$, plus yearly support: 10,450$ 1 year license/cpu: 9,500$

It looks like to me it is cheaper to re-buy a yearly license in every year, than the yearly support cost of a perpetual license. (And there is lot more difference in the first year...)

I guess I am missing something, but I cant find it.

Can you enlighten me?

Thanks in advance.
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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Sun Jan 17 2010 - 09:20:00 CST