Freeware database

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Hi
Anybody can give some idea related to database that is freely avaible
with no license issues? It should be an RDBMS. Kindly advice. BTW, can
we download personal oracle free which has no license hassles? Kindly
help.
Regards,
Rajesh
 
Hi
Anybody can give some idea related to database that is freely avaible
with no license issues? It should be an RDBMS. Kindly advice. BTW, can
we download personal oracle free which has no license hassles? Kindly
help.
Regards,
Rajesh
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Probably the most popular free RDBMS is MySQL (www.mysql.com). My
personal recommendation is Ingres R3 (opensource.ca.com), a free
enterprise class RDBMS.

We haved used Ingres for many years now as a backend for our own
software (www.planat.de). It has been a commercial RDBMS and is now Open
Source.

Administration is much easier than in Oracle or Informix.

What kind of application do you want to develop?

Regards
Gerhard
 
Probably the most popular free RDBMS is MySQL (www.mysql.com). My
personal recommendation is Ingres R3 (opensource.ca.com), a free
enterprise class RDBMS.

We haved used Ingres for many years now as a backend for our own
software (www.planat.de). It has been a commercial RDBMS and is now Open
Source.
Gerhard
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I think Gerhard is missing the goal: It should be free...
If I look at the mysql website, they "dare" to ask 1195 $/server/year.
Is this for free at Gerhards?
I think only fools will pay this kind of money for this kind of surplus
value...
Sorry
 
Genius said:
I think Gerhard is missing the goal: It should be free...
If I look at the mysql website, they "dare" to ask 1195 $/server/year.
Is this for free at Gerhards?
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The software available in MySQL Network and the MySQL Community Edition
is available under the "dual licensing" model. Under this model, users
may choose to use MySQL products under the free software/open source GNU
General Public License (commonly known as the "GPL") or under a
commercial license. ISVs and Resellers, who are embedding and reselling
the MySQL database server as part of their own commercial solutions, can
purchase a MySQL commercial license.

Please note that when you download the software below, it is the MySQL
Community Edition. MySQL Community Edition has not been certified and is
not considered ready for enterprise production use. It does, however,
provide a quick and easy way for open source developers and technology
enthusiasts to get started with MySQL. To receive Certified Software
that meets high levels of quality testing for consistent uptime and fast
performance, you will want to purchase MySQL Network. MySQL Network
includes MySQL Advisors that help eliminate problems before they occur
and production support directly from MySQL support engineers worldwide.
Learn more about the differences between MySQL Community Edition and
MySQL Network at http://www.mysql.com/network/compare.html
unquote

HTH
 
Michael said:
quote
The software available in MySQL Network and the MySQL Community
Edition is available under the "dual licensing" model. Under this
model, users may choose to use MySQL products under the free
software/open source GNU General Public License (commonly known as
the "GPL") or under a commercial license. ISVs and Resellers, who are
embedding and reselling the MySQL database server as part of their
own commercial solutions, can purchase a MySQL commercial license.

Please note that when you download the software below, it is the MySQL
Community Edition. MySQL Community Edition has not been certified and
is not considered ready for enterprise production use. It does,
however, provide a quick and easy way for open source developers and
technology enthusiasts to get started with MySQL. To receive
Certified Software that meets high levels of quality testing for
consistent uptime and fast performance, you will want to purchase
MySQL Network. MySQL Network includes MySQL Advisors that help
eliminate problems before they occur and production support directly
from MySQL support engineers worldwide. Learn more about the
differences between MySQL Community Edition and MySQL Network at
http://www.mysql.com/network/compare.html
unquote

HTH
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All this is true. However the OP has not given us enough specifics to even
suggest a DB.
We don't know the type of application he's talking about, we don't know what
" no license hassles" means, we don't know what kind of organization he's
working for(if at all). Is it for home use, school, commercial? What OS are
we talking about?

Could be the current beta build of Openoffice.org would work.

Maybe Mysql, msql, or Adabas-D.

Maybe Interbase, maybe Firebird. Or DbWorx

Maybe Dataperfect or Easybase.

How about Postgresql? Or maybe even some free editon of Oracle.

We need more information even to suggest something.
 
Genius said:
I think Gerhard is missing the goal: It should be free...
If I look at the mysql website, they "dare" to ask 1195 $/server/year.
Is this for free at Gerhards?
I think only fools will pay this kind of money for this kind of surplus
value...
Sorry
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No, I'm definitely not missing the goal: http://www.mysql.com/products/
-> community edition -> this one is GPL'd, in other words "free".

Our own web site is based on Typo3 OpenSource CMS which stores its data
in a MySQL database. We haven't had to pay any licensing fees for MySQL
and have been happy with the product so far.

BTW, I only have *mentioned* MySQL, but my recommendation was Ingres.
Ingres can also be used for free, but paid support is available.

Regards
Gerhard
 
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