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["Hostetter, Jay M" <JHostetter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Two more comments on this thread,
 
1) The article doesn't include Standard Edition One pricing for Oracle,
which is even cheaper.
2) I believe the free version of Oracle (Express Edition) cannot be
patched.  The only support is through the forum.  Although I would argue
that you're still better off than going with another database solution.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/pdf/dbxe_faq.pdf
 
You may find this comparison of the Oracle editions useful:
http://www.oracle.com/database/product_editions.html
 
Jay

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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Williams
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:42 AM
To: oracle.rdbms@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l
Subject: Re: Oracle vs SQL Server


Sandy,
 
I would argue that Oracle is actually cheaper than SQL Server, and the
article Sinardy has linked proves this. Both Oracle and Microsoft offer
products labeled "standard" and "enterprise". This is misleading. The
features don't even line up. If your organization has a true requirement
for Oracle Enterprise, then they won't be considerning SQL Server, even
the "Enterprise" edition. And if they are considering SQL Server
"Standard" edition, then they are wasting their time considering Oracle
at all. 
    This means that the relevant consideration is between SQL Server
Enterprise Edition and Oracle Standard Edition. And it turns out that
Oracle Standard list price is cheaper than SQL Server Enterprise
Edition.
 
Dennis Williams

 
On 10/2/06, Sinardy Xing <oracle.rdbms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

        
http://www.mssqlcity.com/Articles/Compare/sql_server_vs_oracle.htm 



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