Oracle Launches Free Database

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• Nov 1, 2005

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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/47060.html

 

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Saw this coming a mile away.

 

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• Nov 1, 2005

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Just another way for oracle to try take over the world, one database at a time

 

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• Nov 1, 2005

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Not so cool with all the funtionality they took away:

Maximum server specs:
1 CPU
1GB RAM
4GB Database

 

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Aimed at small businesses - 1 PC and stupid ?

 

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no spatial support ... bleh

 

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Sick. MySQL's fine for me thanks. Doesn't have the same kind of cred, but it does everything I need 150+ times / second, for free.

 

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• Nov 1, 2005

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Too little too late. Which SMB is gonna want to run Oracle Express, esp. with MS SQL 2005 Express being released?