Archives for: August 2008

Oracle and SAP increase prices by 20%

August 27th, 2008
It is quite interesting that Oracle and SAP has increased their prices recently by as much as 20%. An enterprise database from Oracle now goes for R380,000 ($47,500). So while all other digital media prices are going down, SAP and Oracle can increases… more »

Open Source Subscription model

August 11th, 2008
It is quite interesting to note that making money in the Open Source Subscription "pay for support" model is much harder for the Software Vendor than the traditional "upfront" model. The reason is the following: OLD model : Charge a lot more upfr… more »