commentary Oracle has finally jumped on the "free" database bandwagon, joining the likes of IBM, Microsoft and Sybase as enterprise software vendors move to gain more mindshare by offering their wares ...

Hoping to appeal to smaller businesses and fend off competition from open-source rivals, Oracle plans to release a free version of its database software. The company has not made it official yet, but ...

Oracle intends to release a free version of its database, a reaction to the growing competitive pressure from low-end open-source databases. The database heavyweight on Tuesday is expected to announce ...

Oracle Corp. made its low-end, free-of-charge Oracle Database 10g Express Edition database, also known as XE, generally available Tuesday. When the company initially released the beta version of the ...

Oracle Corp. plans to release a free version of its database by the end of the year in a move to compete more effectively at the low end of the market. Oracle released a beta version of the product, ...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Oracle today announced Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE), a free, starter edition of the world's leading database software. A beta version of ...

Oracle has made the beta for Windows and Linux freely available as a 150-Mbyte download to anyone who registers online. Some VARs applauded the move. “This builds a larger base of support, ...

In today’s IT Blogwatch, we look at Oracle’s new free database (free as in beer, that is). Not to mention a Lego self-adaptive hand. Another freebie. This time it’s a database and its name may be ...

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This new edition of Oracle Database 10g offers application developers, database administrators (DBAs) and students a free starter database to develop and deploy their applications. It is also freely ...