Re: oracle EE pricing

  • From: Mark Brinsmead <pythianbrinsmead@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: William Muriithi <william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:09:30 -0700

Do not confuse "license" and "support agreement".  Licenses are required for
any use of Oracle database outside of an OTN agreement.

Support Agreements, however, are entirely "optional", at least to the best
of my knowledge they are.  :-)

Operating without Support is only risky, and some businesses seem to be
comfortable with that risk.  Operating without a license is criminal, and
very very expensive if you get caught.

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 8:20 AM, William Muriithi <
william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> I have clients who have operated for years without a support agreement (and
> without patching).  But I would not voluntarily choose this myself, though.
>
> I am curious, would this still be acceptable to Oracle?  I have always
> assumed that you are only allowed to play with it, for testing and learning.
> The moment you attach a business around it, you have to part with money,
> even if you do not need patching and support.
>
> Please do not infer that I am putting you in a tight corner. I have thought
> twice before sending this, but concluded you would be okay since you are the
> one who brought it up in the first place.
>
>
>
>
>
> Bill
>
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> On Behalf Of Veres Lajos
> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 5:41 AM
> To: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: oracle EE pricing
>
> Hi,
>
> I dont understand something about pricing.
> This page says:
>
> https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=ostore:product:86489432026629::NO:RP,3:P3_LPI,P3_PROD_HIER_ID:4509382199341805719938,4509958287721805720011
>
> Perpetual license/cpu: 47,500$, plus yearly support: 10,450$
> 1 year license/cpu: 9,500$
>
> It looks like to me it is cheaper to re-buy a yearly license in every
> year, than the yearly support cost of a perpetual license. (And there is
> lot more difference in the first year...)
>
> I guess I am missing something, but I cant find it.
>
> Can you enlighten me?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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-- Mark Brinsmead
  Senior DBA,
  The Pythian Group
  http://www.pythian.com/blogs

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