Re: 10g License Issue - Development Vs Production License - Enterprise Edition

From: HansF <News.Hans_at_telus.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:32:17 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2006.03.15.22.32.00.562208@telus.net>

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:10:28 -0800, hpuxrac wrote:

> rospai_at_yahoo.com wrote:

>> I think that using the same thread is a good thing. Let the thread go
>> on the way it is going now.
>>
>> I guess its better to have all related comments in the same thread
>> rather than having it split into many more. (Its just a suggestion)
>>
>> BTW I am still a confused man. The more I read, the more dizzy I get.

>
> Ok then what are you confused about?
>
> The bottom line from my point of view is that the "development license"
> is put out there to encourage people to look at and "poke with a stick"
> the oracle software.
>
> Once you start doing "or even seriously thinking" about any type of
> serious development effort, you need to get licensed software. Doing
> anything else is not professional behavior.

That I agree with - especially as it's the only way to get support, patches, and the latest assistance in things that might affect the production environoment.

It really is simple - to develop a prototype, one can use the OTN 'development license'. To go beyond prototype, you must get appropriate licenses. That includes licenses for production instance as well as for developers' instance(s).

Which is fine, as long as one doesn't get sucked into the idea that Enterprise Edition licenses are automatically needed for developers - Personal Edition, since it has all features and options (expect RAC and OEM packs), will often be satisfactory and often be much more cost effective.

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