Re: Open Source Oracle?

On 2004-09-13, Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>
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>> "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:
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>> Hi Howard, do you actually mean to release the source code, or just freely
>> distribute it with linux distros for example?
>
>
> Well, I'd settle for a freebie no-limits distribution with a linux distro
> (in other words, get rid of the licence that says thou shalt not train,
> store real data, or earn any money from this software).
>
> But no, I really meant to release the source code. I have a sneaking
> suspicion that Oracle is going in directions that many users find
> unnecessary (8 Exabytes per tablespace, anyone?). It would be nice if the
> open source community got a chance to construct an 'openOracle' that took

        They are already doing so by way of postgres. By the time Oracle gets too nutty, the newly added necessary recovery features should be mature enough for primetime.

        It is SQL we're talking about here. Fixating on Oracle Corp is entirely unecessary.

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