Re: Oracle buying Sleepycat, JBoss, and

Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 11:25:32AM +0000, Guido Barosio wrote:
>
>> fyi
>>
>> http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2006/jw-0227-iw-opensource.html
>>
>
> "Each of the top three relational database vendors—IBM, Microsoft,
> and Oracle—now offers a version of its flagship product for
> download, free of charge."
>
> Man, have the 1984 history re-writers been at it, or are people just
> clueless? Oracle has allowed free downloads since at least 9i. And
> what's more, those were uncrippled versions. You just couldn't use them
> legally in production.
>
They probably mean free to use in production.

Joshua D. Drake