Re: Why is Oracle unaffordable?
- From: Kellyn Pedersen <kjped1313@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, William Muriithi <william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:35:08 -0800 (PST)
I've also had a couple managers threaten Oracle when they've gotten a bit out
of
hand with the licensing costs, (usually extra costs to mid-year license
additions) and stated, "I have a DBA who can run this application just as well
on SQL Server/MySQL, so if you want to test her out on that theory, please,
continue to add to my license costs..." I've actually been surprised a couple
times how often Oracle chooses to turn a blind eye, stating that the company
is compliant or work a secondary option instead of the "it's Larry's way or the
highway..." :)
Kellyn Pedersen
Sr. Database Administrator
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellynpedersen
www.dbakevlar.com
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Sent: Tue, November 9, 2010 2:22:28 PM
Subject: Re: Why is Oracle unaffordable?
Wow. I didn't mean to take this thread in another direction but speaking
economics (which I will be the first to admit I have only a rudimentary
understanding) if customers are willing to pay more for a product then, yes,
the
price will continue to go up. Case in point, I just purchased Oracle Linux
support today for $499, had I done this two weeks ago I would have only had to
pay $449. But don't worry, I won't hold any of you responsible for driving the
price up.
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:15 PM, William Muriithi
<william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On 2010-11-09, at 3:54 PM, Andy Klock wrote:
>
>>
>> Fair point. I have zero experience with Berkeley DB so I've stayed out of
>> the
>>fray. But I do have experience with Oracle's "embedded" license structure and
>>depending on the application and how embedded the database actually is,
>>Oracle
>>offers up to an 80% discount on the price. Not bad.
>>
>> But, regarding the OP's original question "Why is Oracle unaffordable?" we
>> must
>>remember it is customers who drive the price up, not Oracle.
>
>Ah, common Andy, customer driving up oracle price? How did you arrive at
>that?
> Not trying to be rude, but I disagree. Software is not like oil which is
>inelastic. Oracle selling one copy to you does not diminish their stocks in
>any
>way. They have just arrived at that price purely by fiat after Larry decided
>he
>just need x percent of the market
>
>
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