Perhaps I'm the only one to actually have read the article? Oracle 10g Express Edition HAS been available for free for development purposes with the previously posted and reviewed limited licenses for quite some time now. The news the zdnet.com article is reporting suggests Oracle WILL, by years end, make the same software available for free - even in production and commercial use. The Oracle 10g Express Edition is still limited software by means of hardware resources available to the database and a 4Gb [user] data file limit. -----Original Message----- From: Alex Turner [mailto:armtuk@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 11:50 AM To: Wes Williams Cc: Postgresql-General; pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle 10g Express - any danger for Postgres? I assume they are probably thinking of a free for non-commercial use, which is great and all, but I assume that like the majority of folks here, I am using postgres very much for commercial use, and not just to run my personal website! So I would say it's not a big deal, infact it's not even a small deal, it's really nothing. Alex. On 10/31/05, Wes Williams <wes_williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I presume this thread was all brought about by the /. article > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/31/0659254&tid=221&tid=1 > 87 > > According to the link provided in the /. article > (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5920796.html), Oracle has *proposed* a > free version by "year end". Obviously this means that current download of > Oracle 10g Express Edition is *not yet available under a free license.* > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Richard_D_Levine@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:55 AM > To: nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Postgresql-General; pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Oracle 10g Express - any danger for Postgres? > > > Highlights from the license: My thoughts. This is not free, not even as > in beer. Only good for a year. No production use (which is more > restrictive than no commercial use. IANAL) You have to pay when they > release it. > > Quotes (with my bolding) > > grants to you a no-charge trial license to use the pre-production beta > version of the Oracle Database Express Edition software, documentation and > product training (the "Software") provided to you by Oracle solely for > evaluation purposes until January 31, 2006. Either party may terminate > the license for the Software at any time. Upon termination, you shall > cease using the Software. > > You may not use the Software for any commercial or production purpose. > > You shall not: d) disclose results of any benchmark tests of any Software > to any third party without Oracle's prior written approval; > > if and when the Software is released in production, you may acquire > licenses for the production version of the Software in accordance with > Oracle's then standard licensing and pricing terms and conditions (which, > at Oracle's sole discretion, may allow license of only some rather than all > of the features of the Software). > > pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/30/2005 01:24:52 PM: > > > 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 > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
