Re: Oracle Express

14informix@gmail.com wrote: > On Nov 11, 1:53 am, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> LOL... >> >> Daniel, >> >> If you can use a stripped down version of Oracle or DB2, then you can use Postgress to handle the job. >> >> You're just blowing smoke. >> >> >> >> >> >>> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:50:12 -0800 >>> From: damor...@psoug.org >>> Subject: Re: Oracle Express >>> To: informix-l...@iiug.org >>> Ian Michael Gumby wrote: >>>> On Nov 10, 4:29 am, "David Reed" <David.R...@tollink.co.za> wrote: >>>>> Oracle Express >>>> [SNIP] >>>>> A colleague has told me that he is sure that Informix have a "similar" >>>>> type of product. Can someone please clarify for me? >>>>> Kind Regards >>>>> David Reed >>>> Why? >>>> Total boneheaded management. >>>> If you're looking to go "free" meaning no need to spend money on >>>> support, go with PostgresSQL which is released under BSD licensing. >>> Sorry Ian but that's nonsense. PostgreSQL does not provide the vast >>> majority of capabilities available in Oracle Express including its >>> seamless compatibility with enterprise programs. >>> You can mourn the loss of an Informix customer but don't point the >>> user to a road that provides a path to nowhere. >>> -- >>> Daniel A. Morgan >>> University of Washington >>> damor...@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Informix-list mailing list >>> Informix-l...@iiug.org >>> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Livehttp://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > Once again. > The person posting (ORIGINAL) is asking for direction NOT PERSONAL > VENDETTA. > > Neil wants to make a deal and the rest is too happy to take Gumbo > apart - for good reason perhaps > Is there anyone that can help!? I doubt it. Not in this group without > $USD ... > He clearly said - - - (between the lines, that cost is a problem) > ------------------------------------------------- > If we conform to a few rules/limitations like: 4Gig database limit; > 1Gig > RAM; Only 1 CPU; single database a computer, etc. We don't need to > buy > any licensing fees. > ------------------------------------------------- > BUT and MARK Townsend will correct me shortly, as will OTC. I am sure > that with ORACLE (or IBM / MS, etc ) no matter what you use, when you > do put it in a PRODUCTION ENV YOU HAVE TO PAY LICNSE FEES. > Cheapest? MySQL? I will save Mark the trouble and correct you but stating what Mark has stated here over and over and over again. There is no, NEVER, EVER, a license fee associated with the production use of Oracle Express. Get over it already. The Oracle database is not the product it was in version 6 and neither is the company. Times change for everyone except, it appears, those stuck in the Informix time-warp where it is still the late 1980s. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)