actually, I haven't been able to get a straight answer from Oracle Sales Reps about licencing. 5 Years ago we evaluated the posibilitty of using Oracle but we couldn't get the pricing so we decided to use SQL Server instead.
Bill's post is the first straight answer I've got.
Oracle even has it's own organization to explain prices <g>
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/index.html



>>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.
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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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>Victor, be sure to check well. I too have heard horrible stories about Oracle pricing.
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>Alex