Database on web page

[Robert H. Terry]

Dear Peter,

Thanks, for your comments, and your point is well taken.  We have been 
attempting to resolve (i.e. see post about possibilty of us producing a 
PC Microsoft Access version).  One other note, which we just became aware 
of when we became Oracle Resellers/Partners is the substantial discount 
Oracle allows for Academic Institutions.  They realize the limited 
budgets of same, and realized that having Oracle in schools eventually 
leads to graduates using same when they become employed.  We have also 
followed their lead, an offer a 50% discount for MOREplus to Academic 
Institutions.

Another factor in the whole pricing issue is that since MOREplus uses 
WWW Client/Server technology, for each instance of MOREplus you install 
on your server, you only need one username in the configuration file.  
Since the smallest Oracle license available comes with eight users, a site
could bring up eight intstances of MOREplus on their server.  The tool
was purposively designed to be used by any informational provider, thus 
other departments besides the Library could make use of it.

Again, thanks for the remarks, I am sure other Web4Lib readers had a 
similar reaction, though you were the first to write me.  I will post 
this response to the group for their potential benefit.

Yours truly,

Bob Terry

http://rbse.mountain.net/MOREplus/
800-846-1458 x 18
304-594-9075 x 18



>On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Peter Murray wrote:


> I've read your announcements on WEB4LIB several times concerning the
> MOREplus product.  In the interest of full disclosure, I think you should
> mention in these messages that a full-blown database product ("Oracle") is
> required to run the software.  Most of us don't have a couple thousand
> dollars to go out and get a nice relational database (because if I did
> that would solve many other problems too).  I suspect most of us in
> academic and public libraries make do with what we find on the net (which
> it is good to see that you are using tools such as GCC and TCL). 
> 
> In short, the Oracle barrier is one signifigant enough to make your 
> product non-interesting.
> 
> 
> Peter
>