Is it because of the rise in global inflation rate and oil prices... :-( --- On Fri, 6/20/08, Matthew Zito <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Matthew Zito <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Oracle Raising its prices To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, June 20, 2008, 8:06 AM Oracle Raising its prices http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/20/oracle_license_increase/ I hadn't seen someone post this to the list yet - the database's list prices are going up by 18% ($47,500 list for an EE CPU now). What do we think? Reasonable? Madness? "Who cares, we'll just make them discount it more"? Thanks, Matt -- Matthew Zito Chief Scientist GridApp Systems P: 646-452-4090 mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gridapp.com