wow. that guy missed the whole pricing announcement for the mid-tier. I hope he didn't really fork over $80,000 to license a 4 CPU Dell server. Quoting from my head, I think it's more like $5,000. And no, I don't work for Oracle (in fact several persons are probably rolling on the floor over that notion on reading this.) -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of DENNIS WILLIAMS Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 2:37 PM To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: Grid skepticism List - The author of this article has some provocative ideas about Oracle's grid initiative. http://www.devx.com/opinion/Article/21387 Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------