While searching for related information on Oracle (because of a proposal made to me by an acquaintance), I stumbled upon this great news: (this might be old news that I haven't encountered, or it may be new)
=============================================================================================== Oracle 10g Express Edition Free to develop, deploy, and distribute Oracle Database 10*g* Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) is an entry-level, small-footprint database based on the Oracle Database 10*g*Release 2 code base that's free to develop, deploy, and distribute; fast to download; and simple to administer. Oracle Database XE is a great starter database for: - *Developers* working on PHP, Java, .NET, XML, and Open Source applications - *DBAs* who need a free, starter database for training and deployment - *Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and hardware vendors* who want a starter database to distribute free of charge - *Educational institutions and students* who need a free database for their curriculum With Oracle Database XE, you can now develop and deploy applications with a powerful, proven, industry-leading infrastructure, and then upgrade when necessary without costly and complex migrations. Read what users say about Oracle Database XE.<http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/users.html> Oracle Database XE can be installed on any size host machine with any number of CPUs (one database per machine), but XE will store up to 4GB of user data, use up to 1GB of memory, and use one CPU on the host machine. ===================================================================================================== http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html Oracle now seems to blatantly go for the low-end market where MySQL is playing, plus Sybase is also trying to play catch up with its Sybase ASE. -- "A dog that has no bite, barks loudest." Registered Linux User #400165 http://baudizm.blogsome.com http://phossil.ifastnet.com Subscribed to: LARTC, Open-ITLUG, PRUG, KLUG, sybase.public.ase.linux SHA256: 857dd62339c9fe27460b725747dfe25d5612933f7d879c35fb0cba2dadaf972f
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