Thanks for the FYI David - good to know. Oracle (and SQL Server too) obviously is popular in enterprise settings. Have such drivers might just create a backdoor entry for PLT into IT environments, I simply wasn't sure if many of us work in such environments, but certainly the prospect of attracting new developers who might otherwise unable to justify PLT is there and quite enticing. <br> <br><div>Cheers,</div><div>yc</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:11 PM, David Storrs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.storrs@gmail.com">david.storrs@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Mistakenly only sent to YC.<br> <br> --Dks<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> <br>Actually, Oracle has a free, albeit limited version:<br> <br> Per Wikipedia:<br> <br> "Oracle Express Edition (Oracle XE)<br> An addition to the Oracle database product family (beta version<br> released in 2005, production version released in February 2006),<br> offers a free version of the Oracle RDBMS, but one limited to 4 GB of<br> user data and to 1 GB of RAM (SGA+PGA). XE will use no more than one<br> CPU and lacks an internal JVM. XE runs only released on Windows and on<br> Linux, not on AIX, Solaris, HP-UX and the other operating systems<br> available for other editions."<br> <br> Downloads here:<br> <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html</a><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div> </div>