On Sunday 30 of October 2005 20:17, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Nikolay Samokhvalov wrote:
> > http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/xe/index.html
> > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5920796.html
> >
> > 'Oracle intends to release a free version of its database, a reaction
> > to the growing competitive pressure from low-end open-source
> > databases.'
> >
> > Your thoughts?
>
> It probably has little impact on us. It is useful perhaps for developer
> servers at existing Oracle sites.
IMHO it is not against PostgreSQL/other OS DBs. It can be, but rather as a
side effect. The main competitor is free Sybase ASE (also Express
Edition :-)).
http://www.sybase.com/linuxpromo
Check the limitations. Sounds familiar?
Sybase ASE XE is a MSSQL competitor for low buget projects, ASE is still very
similar to Microsoft's SQL Server. Sybase also declares deep cooperation with
Novell (SuSE distribution). I don't think Oracle does not bother with this.
Regards,
Mariusz Czułada