Free and easy version of database scalping Oracle follow suit Microsoft IBM_MySQL

Author: Ling Hu Da [eNet power News in Silicon Valley] According to foreign media reports, Microsoft SQLServer and IBMDB2 have successively launched free Express (simple version), and open-source MySQL5.0 is coming soon, this trend makes Oracle, the world's largest database vendor, feel stuck. It is reported that the company will launch a free Oracle10gExpress (XE) IBM Oracle next Tuesday (November 1) "follow suit"

Author: Ling Hu Da

[ENet power News in Silicon Valley] According to foreign media reports, Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2 have successively released free Express (simple version), and the open source MySQL 5.0 is coming soon, this trend makes Oracle, the world's largest database vendor, feel stuck. It is reported that the company will launch a free Oracle 10g Express (XE) test version next Tuesday (November 1) "follow suit.

Like SQL Server Express, Oracle simplified edition is intended for students, amateur developers, and software developers who integrate databases into applications. The features of the simple edition are similar to those of the standard edition, but they can only run on servers with one processor. they can access up to 4 GB of disk data and 1 GB of memory.

Andrew Mandelson, senior vice president of the Oracle Server Technology Department, said the simplified moderator would win users from open-source databases. "The low-end database market still has certain requirements, we hope these users can use Oracle instead of MySql or SQL Server Express. This is a response to market growth ."

Over the past few years, the open-source free database represented by MySql has become increasingly popular. with the launch of MySql 5.0, it has become a better choice in the enterprise market. Enterprise customers are the cornerstone of Oracle database products. Microsoft SQL Server Express is now free to download the beta version online and will release the official version next month. In addition, IBM, the "second" in the database market, also launched a free DB2 earlier this month, including in the PHP development kit.

A year and a half ago, Oracle launched the Oracle 10g Standard Edition, mainly for the small and medium-sized enterprise market. The small and medium-sized enterprise market is the "base" for SQL Server losing to Oracle in large enterprises ". Standard Edition One limits the server to use up to two processors, each user only needs 149 USD.

Mandelson said that Oracle launched a free entry-level product to train more Oracle database users in the future. The company hopes that these free users will be able to migrate to the more expensive standard or enterprise edition in the future.

Mandelson also talked about the recently purchased open source database engine InnoDB (which also drives MySQL). He said Oracle will renew the contract with MySQL, in addition, InnoDB may also appear in Oracle products.