Thanks both Peter and Niall. This is a perfect example of "Need to talk with Oracle Sales - and get it in writing" as I have seen situations where customers have been charged minimums based on CPU socket for Standard Edition. I wonder whether the difference is in 'regional misinterpretation'. In any case, I shall be going back to my colleagues in Oracle to get a fresh clarification as I will soon be needing a documented answer myself. /Hans On 06/02/2013 2:40 AM, Niall Litchfield wrote: > Correct - the Software Investment Guide does state this, but the > clearest description I've found is on the Database Licensing > Guidelines on the shop.oracle.com <http://shop.oracle.com> site (//I > think that > https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=dstore:1001:1718600395065601::::P1001_HELP_ID,P1001_HELP_CATEGORY_ID:3434703196481608942624,3434642144441608865424#3434703196481608942624 > > will get you there) > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l