Re: ORACLE or SQL SERVER (MS) ?

From: Hulse <hulse_kevin_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 21 Oct 2003 19:28:07 -0700
Message-ID: <16926526.0310211828.1ac77033@posting.google.com>

Erland Sommarskog <sommar_at_algonet.se> wrote in message news:<Xns941C29886F12Yazorman_at_127.0.0.1>...
> Daniel Morgan (damorgan_at_x.washington.edu) writes:
> > Not sure if you can get SQL Server for free
>
> Not completely, but there is a 120-day evaluation version available.
> See item 6 on http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/topdownloads.asp.

It is quite easy to get free copies of Oracle. They will be unlicensed of course. However, you will be free to install and run them. They are not cripple-ware. They are the full installation packs. So you can use Oracle 9.2 EE for NT or Linux without limitation (barring SBA audits).

It seems odd that it would be harder to try a Microsoft product than an Oracle one. Received on Tue Oct 21 2003 - 21:28:07 CDT