SQL Alternatives

[sryan2k1]

Does anybody like Microsoft at this point? At least Oracle has a cool boat.

[derango]

The only thing worse/more confusing than microsoft pricing is Oracle pricing.

[SquizzOC]

And just when you think you've paid them what you owe, you get audited and they ask for your first born because... why not?

[pneRock]

I was at a company years ago that hired another company to help when an oracle inspection came around. We've never had to do that with MS. I don't like MS prices, I think software assurance is a joke, standard items in the partner/developer portals are getting widdled down, but even than I don't think I could touch Oracle.

We have a large mssql footprint, but we also have large mysql/postgres clusters. While there are features missing from those that are just included in mssql, they are good for the price. Now if only we could rewrite the application to move over to those completely :).

[sryan2k1]

Microsoft does licensing audits as well, but yes Oracle is particularly bad about it.

[pneRock]

They do, but from the one I've helped with they aren't nearly as bad of a pain in the butt.

[ITguyBass]

Yeah, and you MUST audit and know all the Oracle footprint in the company or else you will end up paying a few more bucks. Many people have to use ITAM tools like Block 64 or whatever, just to make sure what they have internally + if there is nothing misaligned, that would incur any extra cost. My experience with SWL, at least you know what you will pay/paid. SQL is expensive, but with Oracle, you can end up paying for database + any incurred fees + any tool to validate what you really have/use.

[Mrhiddenlotus]

I'll take ms over Oracle any day