I believe it warranted it.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 02/11/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Stefan Mueller</b> <<a href="mailto:muellers@orcl-toolbox.com">muellers@orcl-toolbox.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A bit shorter to the point would have been nice …nobody likes to read a 5 page copy/paste.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For the next time:</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.. but I am sure you will get an answer anyway from one of the product managers.. and I am curious as to what it will be!
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kind Regards,</span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</span></b> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz" target="_blank">
delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz</a> [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz" target="_blank">delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz</a>] <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
On Behalf Of </span></b>Paul A Norman<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Wednesday, November 02, 2005
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [DUG] FYI Oracle make free entry level 4Gb userdatabaseavailalable</span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I've just made a post quoting the concerns here on an Oracle Forum, wiil relay what ever comes forward there, for those with one of those Oracle (free beer?) sign ins:
<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=337407" target="_blank">http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=337407</a></span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">From the associated offical FAQ, this information needs to be reconciled to the above license details, I think Oracle would have a hard time of it in an
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Oracle Database XE is free for runtime usage with the following limitations: </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</span></font> <font size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">• Supports up to 4GB of user data (in addition to Oracle system data) </span>
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<p><font face="Symbol" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</span></font> <font size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">• Only uses and executes on one processor in any server </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</span></font> <font size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">• Can use up to 1GB RAM</span></font><font size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">
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<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:Richard.Vowles@borland.com" target="_blank"> Richard.Vowles@borland.com</a>> wrote:</span><span> </span></p></div></span></div>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Richard Vowles, Solutions Architect, Borland </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
New Zealand</span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">phone: +64-9-9184573</span></font></p>
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<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz" target="_blank">delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz</a> [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz" target="_blank">
delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz</a>] <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Paul Heinz<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
Wednesday, 2 November 2005</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
3:14 p.m.</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> NZ Borland Developers Group - </span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Delphi</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> List<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
Subject:</span></b> RE: [DUG] FYI Oracle make free entry level 4Gb user databaseavailalable <br></span></font><span lang="EN-US"><br> </span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ah, yes. But do read the fine print i.e. the license agreement,</span></font> </p></blockquote>
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