Posts by Andy P 2 3 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Aug 2013
Oracle license either per user or per core. They are very open to negotiation and a site license is usually the best (but depends on how the organisation uses it i.e. do they lots of user connecting to one database or lots of users and lots of databases and so on).
If you virtualise Oracle (say on VMWare) you need to license the entire VM cluster. You don't see many virtualised Oracle environments!
For Oracle, £150 / user isn't actually that bad!
Agree. OneDrive also has some issues with non-microsoft files e.g. can't cope with certain characters in filenames that UNIX / Mac can (a good example is that it can't backup a Mac Address book archive because of this). Doesn't support Mac OX X tagging (tags aren't synced). Doesn't support local LAN sync. Dropbox supports all these.
In reality - I have both and use each one accordingly.
I think Microsoft are pitching RT all wrong. It's a tablet operating system that has some great benefits. Can't run x86 code so no viruses, malware etc. Included apps are really good if you use them (news, finance, photo). You can get other apps from the store (Photo manipulation, Skype, The Register!!). I like it having the desktop - it's great for file manipulation - moving files around, connecting to shares etc. USB is great for plugging a camera in. All the things you'd use a tablet and I haven't mentioned Office yet.
Microsoft should be pushing this product on it's own merit. The Surface RT is a great bit of kit, solid and well made, fast (try the latest version with 8.1 preview), long battery life. It's not a PC so don't push it as one. It competes with iPad's and Android - not with x86 Windows (but having the same interface is great). At £279, it's £10 more than an iPad mini! If you are in the market for a tablet (and not a PC), then give it a try.
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