Re: oracle EE pricing

  • From: Fergal Taheny <fergaldba@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pythianbrinsmead@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:59:07 +0000

Hi Veres
Just to be clear - you pay the Term License plus the standard support fee
e.g. 20k in your example below so it's a lot more expensive..
Also, you'll have a fierce challenge getting discount on small number of 1
year terms licenses - so the true difference is even greater..
The Accountants at Oracle have it all figured out..

On that note, I'm about to embark on a License Audit (I'll start a second
thread but any tips or advice appreciated)

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Mark Brinsmead
<pythianbrinsmead@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Indeed.  Do read carefully.
>
> Also bear in mind that an Oracle support agreement entitles you to more
> than the right to upgrade -- it also allows you to make service requests and
> most importantly to download and apply patches.  Annual support costs the
> same for Enterprise Edition whether you have perpetual licenses or term
> licenses, so ultimately, you save no money on term licenses if you also
> purchase support.
>
> I have clients who have operated for years without a support agreement (and
> without patching).  But I would not voluntarily choose this myself, though.
>
> If you are looking to save money, perhaps you might want to consider
> Standard Edition instead.  Licenses are much cheaper, and so is support.
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Johnson, William L (TEIS) <
> WLJohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Read all of the terms and conditions surrounding licensing before you buy.
>>  Much of their documentation is available on the internet.  You can not
>> eliminate any licenses once you buy them from Oracle - and if you do, they
>> re-price support on all remaining licenses to make sure their revenue stream
>> stays the same at a minimum year-over-year.  I would make sure you read more
>> information surrounding the contract before you plan to do something like
>> this...
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Veres Lajos
>> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 5:41 AM
>> To: 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.
>> --
>> Veres Lajos
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>> +36 20 438 5909
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>
>
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