| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Free Oracle? |
| Date: | 2005-11-03 19:38:48 |
| Message-ID: | 20051103193848.GV55520@pervasive.com |
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An interesting bit of history for those who don't know: You've been able
to download full versions of Oracle for free for a very long time from
their website. They relied on the fear of lawsuit to keep people legal.
If they've removed those free downloads then they've actually taken a
step backwards.
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 09:50:07AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Josh,
>
> > Comments?
>
> Comments: http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/database/soup/archives/006354.asp
> (shameless plug, too)
>
> --
> --Josh
>
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
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