Re: Free Oracle?

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Gevik babakhani <gevik(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Free Oracle?
Date: 2005-10-31 18:22:41
Message-ID: 20051031182241.GL1744@fetter.org
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 08:48:45AM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> >>In case everyone hasn't seen it yet, Oracle is now offering a free "Oracle
> >>10i
> >>Lite" version. You can use it for development use or deploy for
> >>production
> >>with the following limitations:
> >>
> >>1. Data size limit is 4G (this includes Oracle System data)
> >>2. Only 1 instance of server per hardware server
> >>3. Only runs on 1 processor
> >>4. Only uses up to 1G Ram.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAHAA!
>
> That is my comment.
>
> Only 1 processor? Only one gig of Ram? My workstation will have more
> than that by the end of the month.

And by next year, common *laptops* will have more than that, too.

Cheers,
D
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