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Does it bring anything *significant* to the table that Firebird doesn't?<br>
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Phil.<br>
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Paul A Norman wrote:
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<div><span class="bodycopy">Stumbled accross this today at: <font
face="Verdana" size="2"><a
href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3560566">www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3560566</a></font>
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<div><span class="bodycopy"></span> </div>
<div><span class="bodycopy"><a
href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html">http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html</a></span></div>
<div><span class="bodycopy"></span> </div>
<div><span class="bodycopy">"Oracle Database 10<em>g</em> Express
Edition (Oracle Database XE) is an entry-level, small-footprint
database based on the Oracle Database 10<em>g</em> Release 2 code base
that's free to develop, deploy, and distribute; fast to download; and
simple to administer. Oracle Database XE is a great starter database
for:
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<li><strong>Developers</strong> working on PHP, Java, .NET, and
Open Source applications </li>
<li><strong>DBAs</strong> who need a free, starter database for
training and deployment </li>
<li><strong>Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and hardware vendors</strong>
who want a starter database to distribute free of charge </li>
<li><strong>Educational institutions and students</strong> who need
a free database for their curriculum </li>
</ul>
<span class="bodycopy">"With Oracle Database XE, currently available
as a Beta release for Windows and Linux, you can now develop and deploy
applications with a powerful, proven, industry-leading infrastructure,
and then upgrade when necessary without costly and complex migrations.
A production release is scheduled for late 2005. </span>
<div class="bodycopy">"Oracle Database XE can be installed on any
size host machine with any number of CPUs, but this free version of the
world's leading database will store up to 4GB of user data, use up to
1GB of memory, and use one CPU on the host machine.
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<div class="bodycopy">dah dah .. .. ..</div>
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