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#1 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 10:17 AM

We were about to place an order for Workgroup Server Edition, when
Express arrived. So far, I have not been able to find out a side-by-side
features comparison between the two versions.

We are a college within a university, and we have been happy with the
WSE V7.2 edition, which we ran this summer as a trial (Free of charge,
thank you IBM!). We want to put up a production database now for student
records.

The sales talk (low cost, save time, &c) on the IBM Web pages take time
to wade through, but at the end one is left frustrated by not being able
to find out enough technical information to make a selection. The prices
listed on different pages do not agree, and the "request a quote" button at

http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/d...ition-wse.html

is broken.

Please clarify, IBM!

N. Shamsundar
University of Houston

#2 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 10:17 AM

From an SQL, rdbms engine point of view, workgroup is identical to
Express. Express is only licensed for half as many processors (licensed
for 2 CPU's as opposed to 4 for Workgroup).

N. Shamsundar wrote:

> We were about to place an order for Workgroup Server Edition, when
> Express arrived. So far, I have not been able to find out a side-by-side
> features comparison between the two versions.
>
> We are a college within a university, and we have been happy with the
> WSE V7.2 edition, which we ran this summer as a trial (Free of charge,
> thank you IBM!). We want to put up a production database now for student
> records.
>
> The sales talk (low cost, save time, &c) on the IBM Web pages take time
> to wade through, but at the end one is left frustrated by not being able
> to find out enough technical information to make a selection. The prices
> listed on different pages do not agree, and the "request a quote" button at
>
> http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/d...ition-wse.html
>
> is broken.
>
>
> Please clarify, IBM!
>
> N. Shamsundar
> University of Houston
>

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