Hi, on an optimistic (and rather joking one as well) note: I always thought, that there are some smart guys in Oracle Corp. who take care of securing DBA and technical consultant's jobs (especially during recessions and alike). Just think of it - the relative expenses for keeping the good DBA (who can carry out his duties without those "automated &| GUI tools") is now lowered by 40%! Well, that is a new move. Previously their strategy was just in keeping/introducing enough bugs and other rabbush. Of course the money argument is stronger :-) --Andrey kyle Hailey wrote: > Maybe this is of interest more to the procurement departments and not DBAs, > but I find it intriguing to hear Oracle is increasing the performance pack > pricing from $3000 to $5000 per CPU especially in this economy: > ... > Kyle Hailey > http://oraclemonitor.com > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l