> Oracle's main drawbacks are:
> a) VERY resource-intensive with a high process startup overhead.
> b) VERY expensive. You are talking license fees into the £100 000s for
> big iron installations.
>
Wow! 100,000 pounds for software. Now that is expensive! Is that a ballpark
price for most of the commercial DB stuff out there? It would be interesting
to see just how expensive (cost of licensing-wise) commercial DBs really are
from a side-by-side matchup.
-Tony
