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The Real Reason Why Oracle Costs So Much

http://www.oracle.com/openworld/2007/appreciation.html

Now, Billy Joel is one of my all-time favorite pop musicians. I saw him in concert and nosebleed seats at the Boston Garden cost me USD $100 per ticket, and I bought 4 tickets (my twin brother is a die-hard Billy Joel fan, they were a holiday surprise 2 years ago!)

Billy Joel regularly sells out sports arenas. I can only imagine how much Oracle paid to have a concert with him.

And don't get me wrong, the rest of the list is also stellar. Which only adds to my disbelief.

MySQL shows customer appreciation by not grossly overcharging.

MySQL: Because you're smart enough to buy your own damn concert tickets.

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And to think I had a ticket

And to think I had a ticket to see him, and I didn't go. Perhaps I should have put it on eBay.

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There are a lot of savings

There are a lot of savings to be had from cutting out feemaster;-) Also Lenny Kravity & Steve Nix were performing at the same time, although I couldn't figure out how to be in more than one place at a time. I heard (non-authoritatively) that user fees paid the paultry $1.4M for the concert(s). User fees also covered the beer, wine, food & My SQL:-) I think they had to cut out the live lobsters for 43,000.

  • By Mike King (not verified) at 11/30/2007 - 18:54
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I do not understand what you

I do not understand what you are whining about, the Openwold 2007 cost is 1,750 to $2,150 depending on when one purchased the ticket. So the conference is self funded... it is not coming out of Oracle licensing costs.

  • By TT (not verified) at 11/30/2007 - 03:18
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Hey, that could be our new

Hey, that could be our new slogan! "MySQL: When you're smart enough to buy your own concert tickets!" I love it!

BTW, don't expect to see Billy Joel at the MySQL Conference and Expo in April. ;)