http://news.com.com/Multicore+move+cuts+Oracle+database+cost+-+page+2/2100-1006_3-6163674-2.html?tag=st.num http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/multicore_faq.pdf Interesting. I'm surprised that this wasn't linked to sooner. Must be all that DST material flying around ... Paul -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l