Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 10/01/12 11:38

DA Morgan (damorgan@psoug.org) writes:
> Dan Guzman wrote:
>> You can download the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition from the link below.
>> Not only is it free and fully functional, you can use it in production
>> application too.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=220549b5-0b07-
>> 4448-8848-dcc397514b41&displaylang=en
>
> Which is, of course, precisely what you can do with Oracle XE except
> that you then are not limited to a single brain-dead operating system.

Indeed, a very grown-up comment!

If Dan insulted you by only posting a link to SQL Server 2005, and not
mentioning Oracle, I can only say I am sorry. But since I know Dan as a
very nice and friendly person, I am fully convinced that his purpose was
only to be helpful with what he could contribute with. Besides, someone
else had already posted a link to Oracle XE.


--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
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