Re: Express Edition for Production
From: Tim Gorman <tim_at_evdbt.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:00:43 -0600
Message-ID: <51453FEB.8040005_at_evdbt.com>
Look at the features that are excluded
<http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17781_01/license.112/e18068/toc.htm#BABJIJCJ>, and the list of included features
<http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17781_01/license.112/e18068/toc.htm#BABIHJDH> has more "no"s than "yes"s.
PostgreSQL is a more sensible no-cost choice for production usage. No restrictions at all and lots of damn fine high-availability features.
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:00:43 -0600
Message-ID: <51453FEB.8040005_at_evdbt.com>
Look at the features that are excluded
<http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17781_01/license.112/e18068/toc.htm#BABJIJCJ>, and the list of included features
<http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17781_01/license.112/e18068/toc.htm#BABIHJDH> has more "no"s than "yes"s.
PostgreSQL is a more sensible no-cost choice for production usage. No restrictions at all and lots of damn fine high-availability features.
Just my US$0.02...
On 3/16/2013 8:03 PM, Stefan Knecht wrote:
> Hello all
> For a new dot com startup company I'm looking at the various options
> available, and one thing that struck me as new to me was that apparently
> you can deploy XE free of charge for production use ?
>
> Can anyone reliably (preferrably with oracle.com link) confirm that?
>
> I was always under the impression that you're free to use it, as long as
> it's only for non-profit applications.
>
> PS I am fully aware of the support issues and lack of patches and all that.
> This question is only about licensing.
>
> Cheers
>
> Stefan
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