Oracle licensing for dual core processors

webwarriorwebwarrior
edited November 2005 in Hardware
Hi,

Is there a reason why we have to pay more for licensing for a different kind of processor?

Why are we not charged for the Hyperthreading on some processors also.

If Oracle is really conserned about the low end business market (small and medium), then they should drop their attitude on Dual Core processors.

If they start charging as if it was a normal processor, and ask the normal price, then they would get more of this market coming in.

As long as Oracle keeps on having the attitude of charging more, because Intel or some other cpu vendor decided to mprove their processors because of overheating problems, I will have the attitude that I will keep on reoccomending alternatives for Orcle like Mysql / Postgre sql / Sybase, etc to the small/medium sector.

Microsoft's pricing model on double core processors suddenly sound allot better.

Oracle are shooting themselves in the foot! Or am I the only person feeling this way?

Shaun O'Reilly

Comments

  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Sadly, this is the way of the corporates. I feel the same way over processor licenses for MS SQL. It's bad enough it's 20K for one processor license but having to shell out 40K because you wanted your SQL to work better, so you bought 2 processors.. that's just wrong.

    This is where they make their money. Licensing not media product.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Wow, is it really 40k better than MySQL?
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Enverex wrote:
    Wow, is it really 40k better than MySQL?
    Yes... at the moment. If MySQL continue their dev path into proper enterprise SQL features like views, stored procedures, triggers, they can then mount a real challenge.
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