Re: Open Source Oracle?

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:41460c28$0$968$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
| Phil Britton wrote:
|
| > "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> writes:
| >
| >> I wish Oracle Corp. would release obsolete versions (7 and 8.0, for
| >> example) as open source.
| >>
| >> Just because those versions don't have Java, XML and other whistles and
| >> bells, it doesn't mean they wouldn't make a fine replacement for the
| >> MySQL and Postgress stuff that usually gets included in all the normal
| >> Linux distributions these days.
| >>
| >> Fat chance, of course.
| >>
| >> Just wishing and idly dreaming...
| >>
| >
| >
| > I think that the main problem would be with stuff in there that Oracle
| > has licenced from other companies or licence holder, who would either
| > be not willing to have there stuff open-sourced, or might not be easliy
| > traceable. Similar to the situation with NVidia graphic drivers for
| > Linux,
| >
| >
| > cheers
| >
| > Phil
|
| I didn't think very much third party stuff got into Oracle until the dark
| days of embedded orbs and God knows what else hit us at 8i.
|
| Even so, an Oracle 8.0 with any and all 3rd party bits missed out is still
| likely to be a darn'd site more usable than MySQL, for example.
|
| Regards
| HJR
if i can get oracle 8 open source, why would i buy 9i? 10g? at least for some apps (maybe a bunch) that would trim the market -- and since oracle is marketing driven, anything that detracts from that doesn't fly (except out the window)

++ mcs Received on Mon Sep 13 2004 - 16:20:11 CDT