I tried to ignore this thread, but the temptation overwelmed me.... The assumption of 'Free' implies you give up nothing in return for what you receive. While one can certainly run Oracle products without putting out cash (whether you possess a legal license is another issue for Lawyers), what you give up causes the 'free' aspect to become questionable. First try measuring the amount of 'free' disk space you have left. Then try checking the amount of 'free' memory you have left. There's other non-free aspects of Oracle, but I will not go on.
I think I'll go back to 'free' (as in disk space) for now.... joe > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Buchalka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:44 PM > To: 'MadProfessor' > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Impact of Free ORACLE > > > I think you will find that Oracle offers free DEVELOPER copies of at > least some of their products. > > You still need to pay for it to actually use it in a production > environment. > > So nothing has changed! i.e. Oracle is not Free (for production > environments). > > Cheers > > > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MadProfessor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 26 March 2002 10:00 AM > To: 'Richard Forgo'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Impact of Free ORACLE > > > Here's a couple I've dug up: > > http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020117/sfth035_1.html > http://www.devx.com/judgingjava/articles/javaone/report2.asp (Flat out > SAYS ORACLE IS FREE!) > > And of course, let's not forget > http://www.oracle.com (Just go to downloads, register your > info and try > downloading ANYTHING) > > > I PROMISE YOU, oh non believers, that you'll believe me after you read > those articles, and then try downloading 9i from Oracle. You > don't even > have to download it, just start it and watch it go! Cheers, VJ MPZ > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Forgo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:02 PM > To: 'MadProfessor'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Impact of Free ORACLE > > > Did Big Larry go open source? This is news to me. If you have more > details, please provide the list a link to share that info. > > Rik Forgo > JIST3 > Army Test & Training Investment Conference (ATTIC) > Diverse Technologies Corp. > (c) 410.852.7420 > (h) 410.859.8474 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MadProfessor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Impact of Free ORACLE > > Just curious what everyone thinks the impact on MySQL will be now that > Oracle is free? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
