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Review of Database Magazine Article – “The Usual Suspects”

Ronald Bradford
December 14, 2005

In the “Australian Technology and Business Magazine” – December 2005 edition there was an article on comparing database products. Here are my comments, which I also plan to forward to the editor.

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Responses to some Oracle v’s MySQL Questions

Ronald Bradford
November 19, 2005

I was asked a few questions by a reporter thru a collegue, here is an extract of the discussion. 1) Based on your initial experience with Oracle Database Express Edition, what are your initial thoughts on the product in terms of meeting developer needs?

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How can Oracle 10g Express Edition target MySQL?

Ronald Bradford
November 14, 2005

As I mentioned earlier , is MySQL a target of the new Oracle 10g Express Edition. Maybe not specifically, but let’s assume it’s on the radar screen. What can Oracle do to woe MySQL users and developers?

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Oracle 10g Express Edition Target Audience. Is it MySQL?

Ronald Bradford
November 11, 2005

Just where is Oracle planning on targeting the new Oracle 10g Express Edition? The obvious answer would be to counter the arch nemesis Microsoft, and the low end product offerings, like the MS SQL Server and the low end free engine MSDE.

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Oracle 10g Express, Free v’s Open Source and OFA

Ronald Bradford
November 9, 2005

In lunching with an old Oracle Friend, the topic turned to Oracle 10g Express Edition, and we discussed the pros and cons for organisations. The first thing he asked me was, “Have you tried loading the database larger then the 4G limit yet”.

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Oracle for FREE

Ronald Bradford
November 1, 2005

Oracle software has always been free to develop with, however to deploy you have to buy a license and for web apps, it could never be limited to users, it was limited to CPU’s and that was expensive.