Re: OT It is here: Oracle 10g Express

FYI, since there has been so much discussion. Have not reviewed license.
Also too busy to download. --Rick

http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/xe/index.html

pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote on 11/02/2005 09:34:50 AM:

> On 11/1/05, Andrew Rawnsley <andrew(dot)rawnsley(at)investoranalytics(dot)com>
wrote:
> >
> > They actually did make _some_ strides. The installer actually works
> > consistently (knock on veneer-covered-pressboard), which is something I
> > haven't seen since the pre-8i text-mode installs...
> >
> > Doesn't quite compare to the 5 minute untar/config/build/install/create
> > database cycle we're used to with PG however.
> >
> Or the ten second rpm -i...
>
> I've only ever installed Oracle once, but I was offended by the
> REQUIREMENT of a gui to install the thing. I managed to just install
> the X client and connect from another machine, but still, that seems
> whack to me. Plus I had to run a command line "installer" for the
> particular Linux flavor that "prepared" the system for me to install
> Oracle. Yikes. I don't see a single MySQL fanboi going through that
> if their biggest beef about PostgreSQL (besides how PAINFULLY slow it
> is ;^) is how horribly difficult it is to install and configure.
>
> Having said all that, I will probably dabble in it since it fattens up
> the resume...
>
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