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Free Oracle Database Takes On MySQL, SQL Server Express

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Oracle is now fielding a free database.

The company on Friday posted a "freebie" version of its 10g product to the Oracle Technical Network (OTN).

Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, or XE, targets hobbyists, new database developers and others who might want to try out the technology, said Andy Mendelsohn, senior vice president of database server technologies for the Redwood Shores, Calif., company.

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TxtEdMacs ·
the summary sentence or within the article:
Quoting:BETA TRIAL LICENSE: Oracle Corporation ("Oracle") grants to you a no-charge trial license to use the pre-production beta version of the Oracle Database Express Edition software, documentation and product training (the "Software") provided to you by Oracle solely for evaluation purposes until January 31, 2006. Either party may terminate the license for the Software at any time. Upon termination, you shall cease using the Software...


This implies its use is more restrictive than one would presume from reading the article alone. The above statement was extracted from the licensing agreement just prior to the download of the Linux version.

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