But the performance pack is about $100 per user of the pack. (not user of
the database) So if I have two DBA's who want to deal with performance
issues with that tool that is about $200. Certainly, free (included) would
be nice but it is not that much.
Jim
Mark Griffiths wrote in message <36376a45.95534811_at_news.easynet.co.uk>...
>Watch out for subtleties such as the fact that nearly **everything**
>sexy in Oracle 8 is either a cost-option or is only included in the
>Enterprise Edition.
>
>My gripes to date:
>
>Partitioning - cost option
>Objects - cost option
>Oracle Enterprise Manager Performance Pack - cost option (including
>the useful Tablespace Manager!!)
>Bit-mapped indexes - only in Enterprise Edition
>
>Hope this is of some use to you
>
>Regards
>
>Mark Griffiths
>
>
>On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:14:59 +0200, "Billy Verreynne"
><vslabs_at_onwe.co.za> wrote:
>
>>Magnus Bergh wrote in message ...
>>>
>>>I was surprised when I saw the price for Oracle. I would expect it to be
>>>much higher but now it is about the same price as MS SQL Server, at least
>>>if you don't nuy the Enterprise edition. Oracle 8 for NT 5 users cost
>>>about $1100. I think SQL Server goes for about the same price.
>>
>>Sounds good. The biggest drawback of going the Oracle route has always
been
>>the price tag. Which is why Oracle is (was?) not often found in smaller
>>companies. If they can compete in the pricing arena with SQL-Server, so
much
>>better.
>>
>>>I have one question (I am new to Oracle): When and why should you buy the
>>>Enterprise edition? What do I get which is not present in the normal
>>>version?
>>
>>Not sure, but I think that you get things like the spatial cartridge,
>>context and other stuff included. The best will be is to look at the
product
>>information pages for the various Oracle servers at www.oracle.com
>>
>>regards,
>>Billy
>>
>>
>
Received on Wed Oct 28 1998 - 23:31:14 CST
