Oracle OpenWorld is in full swing Now, would someone do something about Oracle’s pricing model?
October 4, 2000 by Eric Svetcov Hmmm, has anyone tried to figure out Oracle's BIZARRE pricing scheme. And how about if you use a mainframe. Apparently, with a mainframe you take your processor MHz and multiply it by 24. I don’t know about you, but I would recommend redefining all mainframes and turn them into something different. I hereby proclaim all mainframes to be Gooblezwigs. Does that get me around the 24x pricing for my Gooblezwig? Hey, I’d like to know what is considered a mainframe from Oracle. Would a Sun E10000 with 64 x 400MHz processors be considered a mainframe or would it enjoy the “lower” cost of a 1.5x multiplier? How about an IBM S/390 G6 with 12 x 500MHz processors? I have no idea....I must be stupid, or something. If someone could explain this to me, I would be happy to listen. I guess I just find this all needlessly complex....now when specing out a database, you need to put into your evaluation how much the Oracle database will cost and how much better (or worse) any particular solution might be from a cost/performance standpoint. Groan!!!!! I’m sure to someone this makes perfect sense. |