http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/xe/index.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5920796.html 'Oracle intends to release a free version of its database, a reaction to the growing competitive pressure from low-end open-source databases.' Your thoughts? -- Best regards, Nikolay ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly