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Wow, what a moronic decision by Oracle. Automating installations is so important, if you're deploying 1000 servers, to not be able to automate (even just for th
by JazzXP 5y ago
Wow, what a moronic decision by Oracle. Automating installations is so important, if you're deploying 1000 servers, to not be able to automate (even just for the one character button) is stupid.
- ciupicri 5y agoI guess the license was so expensive that no one would have installed it on 1000 servers.
- tyingq 5y agoAssuming each server was 4 cores, that's 4000 processors. So you get their bargain $15/month/core pricing versus the base $25/month/core pricing. Your monthly bill would be $60k. Presumably you would negotiate some additional discount, but still...ouch. https://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/price-lists/java-se-subscription-pricelist-5028356.pdf https://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/price-lists/java...
- heelix 5y agoThe thing that killed most folks was the virtualized machines. They price on host, not guest OS. Got a 4 core virtual machine on a 128 core host... 128 cores need to be licensed. Those small web apps became crazy expensive where physical hardware is discouraged.
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- raverbashing 5y agoWhen lawyers come before engineering, that's what you get.