Re: Why is Oracle unaffordable?
- From: Andy Klock <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: William Muriithi <william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 16:22:28 -0500
Wow. I didn't mean to take this thread in another direction but speaking
economics (which I will be the first to admit I have only a rudimentary
understanding) if customers are willing to pay more for a product then, yes,
the price will continue to go up. Case in point, I just purchased Oracle
Linux support today for $499, had I done this two weeks ago I would have
only had to pay $449. But don't worry, I won't hold any of you responsible
for driving the price up.
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:15 PM, William Muriithi <
william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2010-11-09, at 3:54 PM, Andy Klock wrote:
>
> >
> > Fair point. I have zero experience with Berkeley DB so I've stayed out
> of the fray. But I do have experience with Oracle's "embedded" license
> structure and depending on the application and how embedded the database
> actually is, Oracle offers up to an 80% discount on the price. Not bad.
> >
> > But, regarding the OP's original question "Why is Oracle unaffordable?"
> we must remember it is customers who drive the price up, not Oracle.
>
> Ah, common Andy, customer driving up oracle price? How did you arrive at
> that? Not trying to be rude, but I disagree. Software is not like oil
> which is inelastic. Oracle selling one copy to you does not diminish their
> stocks in any way. They have just arrived at that price purely by fiat
> after Larry decided he just need x percent of the market
>
>
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