I guess we would have a very good deal with them. Since our account could mean 100-200 yearly Oracle licences they may suggest some benefits, I hope.
But that would be in about 2 years. We will stick to aour roadmap (tool selection for new version of ouw vertical market software in 2 years)
Thanks
>I would further suggest contacting your local Oracle sales rep. They are sometimes able to offer discounts. You can find your local sales office at the Oracle website.
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>I believe they may still be in their 4th quarter which usually means greater savings.
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>One thing to note that if you pay for maintenance every year you never have to buy it again. So, for example, when Oracle11g comes out all you do is contact them, tell them you want 11g, select the OS and in a couple of days you receive the CDs.
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>Regards
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>Bill Chadbourne
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>>Thanks Bill. It's a very affordable price. I was under the impression that Oracle is far more expensive than SQL Server. Now it's worth a second look. I'll evaluate the development tools in the links you posted.
>>Thanks
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>>>For 5 users it is $1,490 (this is the server price, Oracle does not use CALs). This is for the standard edition one. If your app is less than 4GB in database size and will only need 1GB of RAM (which is possible because Oracle is less memory intensive than SQL Server) then you can try the Oracle Express edition which is free.
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>>>>Hello:
>>>>Do you have an estimate of Oracle licensing costs for deploying this solucion on a server and 5 computers?
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>>>>Regards
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>>>>>>Main criteria I'm using for evaluating:
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>>>>>>1- Hability to run over Linux in FOSS and over Windows.
>>>>>>2- Hability to have web access (Rich Client)
>>>>>>3- Data Oriented.
>>>>>>4- Ease to setup and maintain.
>>>>>>5- Wide user base
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>>>>>>Morfik has all of this but 5. Java has all of this but 3 and 4. .NET lacks 1 and 3.
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>>>>>>Java and .Net can solve 3 with third party tools. But the really screwed platforn is .NET, since in all projections (and real life examples I have seem) many corporations are switching to Linux and FOSS. It's a no brainer situation. For a user base of 10,000 employees check out the licencing costs of 200 Windows 2003 server, Windows Vista, 10,000 windows vista, 10,000 office, 200 SQL Server licences, 5 processor SQL Servers for web, 10 Exchange servers, CALs and so on.
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>>>>>>Compare to nothing. The drawbacks are user training and "corporate trust". Once 2 or 3 big corporations started doing the change, this sell is far easier to do in big corporations.
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>>>>>>>I have been developing an accounting program since 1990 starting in FPD, thru FPW (horrors), VFP6 and 8 (big learning curve). This program has been added to and bandaided forever. What next ? I would like to choose something that MS is not going to drop, something that is accepted by the corporates so my program and user base is saleable in 10 years time. Is .NET and MS SQL server the way to go ? Or are there other easier to learn options that the suit and tie brigade are comfortable with. After seeing SQL server in action, I am not impressed with the speed, but maybe this will change as computers and the web get faster. VFP has spoiled me rotten with it's fantastic data handling, great functions and easy coding. However I feel I have to start re-writing now (from scratch) because the program is large and I am a slow learner.
>>>>>>>Any comments ?
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>>>>>One option you have is Oracle Application Express. You can try it out for free on an Oracle hosted site. All you need is to go to this site:
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http://apex.oracle.com/i/index.html>>>>>
>>>>>and register for an account. It is very easy to use and if you poke around the Oracle Express site:
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http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/index.html?rssid=rss_otn_soft>>>>>
>>>>>You'll be amazed at the things you can do with it. But don't take my word for it; you can also register for the forum there and post your own questions.
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>>>>>I love VFP and used it for many years (and still do for some things) but I figured that I needed to go from the best in PC databases to the best database in the world and I have. Try it out.
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>>>>>Regards,
