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		traceroute66 on Oct 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Versioning data in Postgres? Testing a Git like ap... > I was writing Oracle queries that could make your head spin Absolutely, and some of the things Tom Kyte (Oracle's resident DB performance guru) could do with Oracle were spectacular. As you say, its a shame about the Oracle baggage, and in particular the steep price tag. Otherwise I'm certain it would be far more widely deployed as database.

chasil on Oct 20, 2023 [–]

It's either free (for XE), $17,500 per cpu (for SE2), or $47,500 per cpu (for Enterprise). x86-64 gets a 2-for-1 core discount.

You can also license it by user.

https://www.oracle.com/assets/technology-price-list-070617.p...

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