Oracle finally succumbs to pressure on multi-core licensing

March 2, 2007

Posted in: Technical Track

Tags: Oracle, Pythian

In a story that we’ve been following a long, long time, Oracle finally succumbed to multi-core pricing pressure today.

News.com has the scoop:

With the new pricing for Oracle’s lower-end Standard Edition and Standard Edition One products, the software company now is effectively matching Microsoft’s practice of pegging price to a server’s processor socket count and rather than processor core count. The move could cut the costs of purchasing Oracle database software by as much as 87 percent in some cases.

They also have this link to what they call “an unpublicized pricing document”.

And no Doug – this is definitely not old news!

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Paul Vallee

As Pythian’s Chief Executive Officer, Paul leads this center of excellence for expert, outsourced technical services for companies whose systems are directly tied to revenue growth and business success. His passion and foresight for using data and technology to drive business success has helped Pythian become a high-growth global company with over 400 employees and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Paul, who started his career as a data scientist, founded Pythian when he was 25 years old. In addition to driving the business, Paul is a vocal proponent of diversity in the workplace, human rights, and economic empowerment. He supports his commitment through Pythian’s hiring and retention practices, his role as board member for the Basic Income Canada Network, and as a supporter of women in technology.