Rich Smrcina wrote:
This is interesting...
Free Oracle Database Takes On MySQL, SQL Server Express
Oracle on Friday posted a "freebie" version of its 10g product to the
Oracle Technical Network (OTN). Oracle Database 10g Express Edition,
or XE, targets hobbyists, new database developers and others who might
want to try out the technology.
Oracle and IBM have been doing this for years; I'm pretty sure I had
free Oracle on OS/2, and certainly on Linux, a few years ago, and I've
got DB2 on CD around here someplace. It ran on RHL 5.x or thereabouts.
In both cases it's for educational, evaluation and/or development purposes.
I also found Adabas (originally from Software AG in .de), & informix.
Borland released Interbase, and more recently CA has released Ingres
under OS licences. Interbase was found to have a back door in it:-)
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John
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