- From: Tim Mueller -- 610-692-9519 <mueller@silutions.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 96 17:57:29 EST
- To: www-rdb@w3.org
Steve Olsen wrote: > Hello fellow lurkers, > > I'd be interested in any comments anyone has regarding > database licensing as it relates to the Web and a > Public Internet Site. > > The Quotes I've seen lately for the database license (ranging > from $5,000 to $64,000) are, IMO, crazy. But, then again, > how do companies like Oracle and Sybase license a database > that is, basically, public access? > > Some sites are publishing or collecting relatively small > amounts of data and will not spend $64,000 for the entire > web site (and certainly not that much for the database > alone). Others are publishing and/or collecting large > data sets and have large budgets for this activity. > > I'm looking for some constructive debate on this topic to > help the database vendors evaluate the issue because I'm > in the business of helping organizations build "interactive > database websites" and the database licensing issue (especailly > the high initial cost) is keeping many organizations from > jumping into the game. > > What do YOU think? > > ---A-I-T--------------------------------- > Applied Information Technologies, Inc. > URL: http://www.sqlweb.com/ > > Steve A. Olson > Vice President > > 410-796-5862 (Voice) > 410-917-4171 (Celluar) > 410-379-2202 (FAX) > Steve.Olson@cst.com (Internet) This has come up elsewhere, specifically on a database list. Jim Steiner, Director of Product Marketing for Oracle's Rdb Group wrote this: > For web access we have different business practices... > > Contact sales. > > Thaanks His e-mail address is jasteine@us.oracle.com. Something to keep in mind about Oracle: dealing with them is like the old days of buying a car. Each sale is custom-configured and negociated. So keep your hand on your wallet and be ready to deal. -Tim Mueller ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Mueller mueller@silutions.com Silutions, Inc voice: 610-692-9519 322 N Matlack St fax: 610-696-8286 West Chester, PA 19380 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen." -- Tommy Smothers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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