Comments on: Comparing Free databases: Oracle XE vs DB2 Express-C

By: Oracle and DB2 - An Architectural Comparison | CloudDB2 + FreeDB2

Oracle and DB2 - An Architectural Comparison | CloudDB2 + FreeDB2 — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:39:33 +0000

[...] all time most read posts are about comparing DB2 Express-C and Oracle XE. Even though the first comparison was done way back in June 2008 this blog still gets hits on it every day. Oracle and DB2 – An [...]

By: Comparing Free Databases: Oracle XE vs IBM DB2 Express-C 2 years later | FreeDB2.com

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:05:38 +0000

[...] June of 2008 I wrote a post comparing Oracle XE and IBM DB2 Express-C. This proved to be a very popular subject with blog post receiving thousands of views. Two years [...]

By: Leon

Leon — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:00:16 +0000

Aamir, I agree completely that using Oracle XE for studying for an OCA exam is a great use of the product and using Oracle XE for production applications is just silly. However, that is not true at all for DB2 Express-C. It is actually 100% production ready. As an example, we have a customer that uses DB2 Express-C it in 70000 Point of Sale terminals (cash registers). They bet their entire business on it. In fairness, they do have a subscription that provides them with technical support and extra features and no, they did not pay retail for it.

By: Aamir Ali

Aamir Ali — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:44:29 +0000

Both these database are meant for exploring the product, and for students. I have downloaded Oracle 10g Express and am using it to study for OCA.

These express versions are not suitable for Production implementation unless your application is a tiny one.

By: Comparing DB2 Express-C vs Microsoft SQL Server Express and talking up Cloud Computing | FreeDB2.com

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:55:55 +0000

[...] or may not be true with DB2 Express-C and Microsoft SQL Server Express. I will throw in a bit of Oracle XE and MySQL in just to make it more interesting. With the pending acquisition of MySQL by Oracle, how [...]

By: EU thinks Oracle is out to kill MySQL | FreeDB2.com

EU thinks Oracle is out to kill MySQL | FreeDB2.com — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:06:03 +0000

[...] to the very expensive DBMS from the Redwood Shores. Oracle even responded by introducing its own (crippled and now hopelessly outdated) version of a free Oracle XE database. Hopefully, the EU will not abandon MySQL and let it fall [...]

By: Oracle users like DB2 Express-C v9.7 | FreeDB2.com

Oracle users like DB2 Express-C v9.7 | FreeDB2.com — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:25:49 +0000

[...] Those who like DB2 Express-C do like it a lot. Here is a nice blog post by a person who has had quite a bit of Oracle and MySQL experience, gave DB2 Express-C v9.7 a try and liked it enough to tell the rest of the world. The title of his blog post is “DB2 Express-C v9.7: very very cool”. The post documents some of the reasons for choosing DB2 Express-C over Oracle but you will find a more complete comparison of DB2 Express-C and Oracle XE here. [...]

By: Mario Barackus

Mario Barackus — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:26:14 +0000

There is no commercial licence for Oracle XE… if you want an Oracle DB under a production environment for pymes you need buy an Oracle Standart Edition One, or Personal Edition.

By: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP3 out on Microsoft Update | FreeDB2.com

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:08:52 +0000

[...] 20th, 2009 · No Comments The nice part about Microsoft SQL Server Express is that, unlike Oracle XE, you can count on getting updates. There hasn’t been an update to Oracle XE since, well [...]

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:13:45 +0000

FYI Bill Gates never said the 640kb quote. See http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Misattributed

Now on topic, when I just want a quick and dirty application, I typically use either MySQL or SQLServer 2008 (Developer Edition). Anything complicated, worth taking the effort, I use DB2 Express. I tried Oracle’s free offering once, but it never sat well with me.