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Stan Beer
Wednesday, 02 November 2005 10:00
Database vendor, Oracle, has launched a free lite version of its Oracle Database 10g, called Express Edition or Oracle Database XE, with a beta version now available for download on both Linux and Windows.
According to Oracle, the new edition of Oracle Database 10g offers application developers, database administrators and students a free starter database to develop and deploy their applications. It is also freely available for independent software vendors and hardware vendors to distribute or embed with their applications and products.
The free database comes with strict limitations, however, which prevent its use in the development of enterprise strength systems. It can only be used on a single CPU device, with less than 1 Gbyte memory. The free version is also limited to a single instance per system and up to just 4 Gbytes of data storage.
'Oracle Database XE allows developers, DBAs, ISVs and students the opportunity to learn, develop and deploy on the world's leading database software, at no cost,' said Thomas Kyte, vice president, Oracle. 'No one has to make do anymore; everyone can now start with the best.'
'Developers, DBAs, students, and ISVs often look to no cost DBMSs to get started in developing and learning to develop database applications,' said Carl Olofson, research director for information management and data integration software research at analyst firm IDC. 'When such a DBMS is supported by a wealth of literature, online technical material, and professional experts, and allows developers to easily grow and support their applications and data needs over time without needing to convert their database later on, the result is a low risk path that offers a high potential return not only immediately, but in the long run.'
According to Oracle, the Oracle Database XE is built on the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 code base and is fully compatible with the family of Oracle Database products including Oracle Standard Edition One, Oracle Standard Edition and Oracle Enterprise Edition.
Linux vendors, Novell and Red Hat, will offer their users access to Oracle Database XE through multiple channels.
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