Re: Oracle DB for $5K?
Ray Smith wrote:
>C. K. Lester wrote:
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>>Can anybody explain to me how Oracle can justify charging $5K for their
>>"Oracle Standard Edition One," one-processor server database?
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>Firstly, I think everyone should feel lucky that quiet a number of
>inexpensive or free (as in in beer and freedom) database servers are
>available that are high quality and no more difficult to use than
>Oracle.
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My point was, with so many free, almost-as-powerful if not as powerful
databases available on the market, what foo- person- is going to
purchase a $5K database?!
I wasn't complaining for my sake.
>Secondly, it is completely wrong to compare database.e with Oracle.
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That was a joke, of course (in the context of Oracle's target market). :)
>I'm not an Oracle freak by the way.
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We know, Ray. You're just a plain freak. hehehe. Joking! :P
>Personlly I'm a big PostrgeSQL and Firebird fan so if I wanted to a
>DB I'd choose one of those. (both 100% free).
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I've always had a leaning toward PostgreSQL, but it seems MySQL might be
catching up, don't you think?
-ck
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