Re: Database engines, Transaction Processing, and Licensing

In article <3cndoj$4og@stargate.promus.com> jburks@promus.com (Jim Burks) writes: >We have a large transaction processing environment, similar to >Top End, Tuxedo or Encina (but homegrown), which funnels a large >number of end users into a small number of worker processes. > >We use Informix OnLine to run the database underlying the whole scheme. >In previous versions we had to purchase one user license per worker >process. We have been informed that, for future versions, we will have >to purchase one user license per end user, greatly increasing the cost >of our system. > >Can anyone tell me how Sybase, Oracle and other database vendors >licensing terms regarding transaction processing systems? > >Either reply here, or by private email. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~ Jim Burks jburks@promus.com ~ >~ Project Manager, Adv. Call Center Technologies ~ >~ The Promus Companies, Inc. Memphis, TN USA ~ >~ http://stargate.promus.com/public/jbb.html ~ >~ Tel: 901-748-7954 ~ >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the December 19 Computerworld, p 6, it says "Oracle plans to reprice its Workgroup Server database line from a per-user model to one that prices server and client licenses separately. Officials declined to cite numbers ahead of a pending January announcement but said the new pricing would be simliar to Microsofts SQL Server scheme." I seem to recall a few years ago they made a similar change in host-based licensing, causing howls of protest. I know some people got their old licenses grandfathered, because they screamed the loudest. Others just got stomped on by the big company that seems to regard crushing customers like ants as a good business policy. Remember, everything is negotiable. -- Joel Garry joelga@amber.rossinc.com Compuserve 70661,1534 These are my opinions, not necessarily those of Ross Systems, Inc. %DCL-W-SOFTONEDGEDONTPUSH, Software On Edge - Don't Push. panic: ifree: freeing free inodes...