Here is what Oracle is advertising. I can't imagine that you would need anything more than standard but maybe there is some critical question I don't know to ask. Enterprise Edition starts at $40000. You can look up any other pricing information you need at: http://oraclestore.oracle.com/. Are you developing your own application? Migrating to Oracle? Oracle Standard Edition One: $149 Per User, Up to 2 Processors <http://oracleimg.com/admin/images/ocom/arrow_7x7.gif> Customers can now get the world's most popular database for US$745 in license fees. <http://oracleimg.com/admin/images/ocom/arrow_7x7.gif> Standard Edition One includes everything necessary to build and deploy business-critical applications on single servers up to 2 processors. <http://oracleimg.com/admin/images/ocom/arrow_7x7.gif> Standard Edition One is offered at US$4,995 per processor or with Named User Plus licensing US$149 per user (minimum five users). <http://oracleimg.com/admin/images/ocom/arrow_7x7.gif> One CD. 17 minute install. Easy to use. First class database...economy price. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kommareddy, Srinivas (MED, Wissen Infotech) Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:54 AM To: ORACLE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: standard edition vs enterprise edition Hi All, We are planning to buy oracle edition to run on a Solaris box ( dual CPU). ( Its going to be OLTP and the no. of concurrent users will be 10.) Solaris box configuration: Sun Fire V240 2x1 GHz Ultraspace IIIi 4x512 MB DIMMS 2x36 GB drives 4x10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Could somebody suggest the above configuration is fine for 10 concurrent users. and what oracle edition we can purchase for the above requirement. Standard editition and Enterprise edition ? (what are the differences between these 2 and the price info if you have in US$ ) Thanks in advance, Srinivas