[Novalug] NOVALUG meets Saturday: MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL

[gregory pryzby]

On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 06:18:08AM -0400, Kevin Dwyer wrote:
> On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 12:04:51AM -0400, Peter Larsen wrote:
> > Kevin Chin wrote:

<SNIP>

> > Btw. I'm going to get a handful or more CD's made with Oracle's FREE (as 
> > in beer) XE version. I'm going to have to read up on it, cause I've not 
> > really used it; but if anyone is interested I'll have it at the meeting. 
> > Unfortunately, Oracle only distributes the files in RPM format (and DEP) 
> > so you'll need a redhat/fedora like distribution to install it.
> 
> XE is kind of like the Small Business Edition of Windows.  Sure, it
> works, but only until you try to do something interesting.  It's
> artificially limited to 4G of data (some people could get by on this)
> and 1G of memory (puny for oracle).  For someone who is doing a simple
> evaluation of Oracle, it will probably be fine but otherwise you're
> better off downloading the full version.  The other key difference is
> that you are allowed to distribute XE.

I think it is a good idea, XE, because it gets Oracle into the hands
of people using other free $RDBMS and allows them to see how it works.
For the home user or someone building a web app for small or personal
use, it would be fine. And if I am an Oracle DBA by day, don't need to
learn something new. 

Now, the larger dicussion is around Oracle in general as a technology.

Let's not get into Larry bashing (although I love it and am not sure
who I dislike more from a business pov, LE or BG).

:P 

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