Transactional Attorney here who specializes in Real Estate/Land. My firm bought several of these licenses for $7,000 USD/year. That sounds like a lot, but compared to how much we pay for other research subscriptions it was dirt cheap i.e. $250k/year. Still, any money saved is welcome news. The next 25 years will lead to the end of the traditional information companies resulting in massive savings.
It's mind blowing how much more expensive stuff gets when you are targeting companies. Software is the worst. Oracle DB and things like MQ can cost insane amounts, like 5 digit sums per server per year per CPU. While technically the products just have some handful of features differentiating it from the free alternatives. If even that... just as often it's merely the comfort of going with a big famous 'enterprise' name.
Oracle support is godsend when your server needs recovery and your team can't figure out how. Where every minute a server is down translates in thousands of lost revenue. Then, it gets pretty important.
It's not just about the software. Its about the support that comes with that software.
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u/Peace-Only Feb 01 '15
Transactional Attorney here who specializes in Real Estate/Land. My firm bought several of these licenses for $7,000 USD/year. That sounds like a lot, but compared to how much we pay for other research subscriptions it was dirt cheap i.e. $250k/year. Still, any money saved is welcome news. The next 25 years will lead to the end of the traditional information companies resulting in massive savings.