Free version of Oracle
Towards expectation, Oracle will present the first beta release of the Oracle 10 G express edition, also known as the Oracle Database XE. It is targeted at students, small organizations and software vendors that could embed the Oracle database with an application. It is the intention to launch the final database software somewhere before the end of this year.
Open-source databases have caught on steadily in popularity over the past few years with corporate customers and Web developers.
MySQL is the most popular open-source database among developers. IBM already released a free version of its own DB2 database as part of a PHP development package. And Microsoft intends to ship a free version of SQL Server 2005, called Express, next month.
This software will be for free. However, there are a few restrictions; it can only be used on servers that have one processor, 4GB hardisk and 1GB internal memory. Another reason is that they get more reputation.
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