Re: Coke switches to DB2!!

Oracle doesn't nickle and dime you... they charge you a LOT from the
beginning, and the extras are not cheap either...  So it's like to worse of
two worlds ;-)

Only... there is no match for Oracle in certain types of business
requirements... and certainly no match for HA environments.

cheers.
Alan Bort
Oracle Certified Professional


On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Nigel Thomas <
nigel.cl.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hrishy
>
> To nickel and dime is an american (not british) expression; (nickel = 5c,
> dime = 10c) -  it means to charge a lower start price but then charge for
> all kinds of extras. So (hypothetically) you might buy a Ford for $10,000 or
> a VW for $12,000 - but if you want A/C on the Ford, that's another $1000,
> $500 for the radio, $600 for the sat-nav, $300 for metallic paint etc.
> Pretty soon the "cheaper" car can be more expensive than the dear one.
>
> Oracle would never nickel and dime you. Oh, except for the tuning and
> diagnostic packs, and for partitioning, and ... er, um, ....
>
> Regards Nigel
>
>

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